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We handle transcription services - medical, legal and business
Medical Transcription
We offer quality medical transcription services. Our staff are all formally trained medical transcriptionists, with at least three (3) years acute care experience. These professionals have extensive training in anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and have hands-on experience in reading and interpreting medical charts. The following are the types of transcription work that we can undertake (among others):
- Progress Notes/Office Visit
- History & Physical Reports
- Discharge Summaries
- Operative Reports
- Consultation Reports
 We use up-to-date tools and references (spell checker, reference books, etc.) to enhance quality and productivity. We employ the services of experienced medical practitioners to double check medical terminology, appropriateness of terms use, consistency, and grammar. These measures ensure the quality of our work.
Synet-Call Global, Inc. medical transcription services, coupled with competitive pricing in the industry. Our company will provide medical transcription services based on the personal needs of individual medical practitioner, clinic or hospital. We are also offering our transcription services for medical transcription companies outsourcing part of their work offshore to reduce overhead costs. We believe that offering the best rates enables the MT industry to grow further, since cost, aside from quality is a major driving force for the service.
Our Medical Transcription Services facility follows rules and regulation stipulated by the Association of American Medical Transcription and various healthcare agencies like HIPAA, AHIMA and HCFA.
However large or small your business or your practice, we will deliver a standard level of quality. Synet-Call Global, Inc.’s Transcription quality process sets us apart from the competition, not just by our personal effort but the end product quality & accuracy.
Synet-Call Global, Inc. uses a multilevel transcription and editing process to ensure accurate reports. Each dictation downloaded by the company is meticulously transcribed by trained MT's. This is then proofread by experienced editors and finally checked by our quality assurance personnel for its accuracy before it is returned to our clients. All our grading systems and quality audits are based on AAMT guidelines, and we can guarantee no less than 98% accuracy.
Synet-Call Global, Inc. also offers our clients access to technology for a paperless medical office. We have partnered with a leading US Based ASP Provider that can guarantee quick and reliable service, from data capture to data access and transmittal. This gives our client extra convenience in handling their medical records.
HIPPA
"HIPAA" is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (August 21), Public Law 104-191, which amended the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986. Also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act, the Act includes a section, Title II, entitled Administrative Simplification, requiring:
1. Improved efficiency in healthcare delivery by standardizing electronic data interchange, and
2. Protection of confidentiality and security of health data through setting and enforcing standards.More specifically, HIPAA called upon the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) to publish new rules that will ensure:
1. Standardization of electronic patient health, administrative and financial data
2. Unique health identifiers for individuals, employers, health plans and health care providers
3. Security standards protecting the confidentiality and integrity of "individually identifiable health information," past, present or future.The bottom line: sweeping changes in most healthcare transaction and administrative information systems.
Who is affected?
Virtually all healthcare organizations – including all health care providers, health plans, public health authorities, healthcare clearinghouses, and self-ensured employers – as well as life insurers, information systems vendors, various service organizations, and universities.
Are there penalties?
HIPAA calls for severe civil and criminal penalties for noncompliance, including:
* fines up to $25K for multiple violations of the same standard in a calendar year
* fines up to $250K and/or imprisonment up to 10 years for knowing misuse of individually identifiable health information
Compliance deadlines?
Most entities have 24 months from the effective date of the final rules to achieve compliance.
Normally, the effective date is 60 days after a rule is published. The Transactions Rule was published on August 17, 2000; the compliance date for that rule is October 16, 2003. The Privacy Rule was published on December 28, 2000, but due to a minor glitch didn't become effective until April 14, 2001. Compliance with the Privacy Rule was required as of April 14, 2003. The final Security Rule was published April 21, 2003, with compliance required as of April 21, 2005. The final Standard Unique Employer Identifier was published on May 31, 2002. Compliance is required by July 30, 2004. Final standards for Provider and Health Plan Identifiers have not yet been published.
How are healthcare organizations affected?
Broadly and deeply. Required compliance responses aren't standard, because organizations aren't. For example, an organization with a computer network will be required to implement one or more security authentication access mechanisms – "user-based," "role-based," and/or "context-based" access – depending on its network environment. Effective compliance requires organization-wide implementation. Compliance requirements include:
- Building initial organizational awareness of HIPAA
- Comprehensive assessment of the organization's privacy practices, information security systems and procedures, and use of electronic transactions
- Developing an action plan for compliance with each rule
- Developing a technical and management infrastructure to implement the plans
- Implementing a comprehensive implementation action plan, including:
Developing new policies, processes, and procedures to ensure privacy, security and patients' rights Building business associate agreements with business partners to support HIPAA objectives Developing a secure technical and physical information infrastructure Updating information systems to safeguard protected health information (PHI) and enable use of standard claims and related transactions Training of all workforce members Developing and maintaining an internal privacy and security management and enforcement infrastructure, including providing a Privacy Officer and a Security Office.
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