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NO DRIVING - NO TEXTING

To learn more please see:

CTIA - The Wireless Association

The National Safety Council

The National Safety Council Teen Driver

On The Road, Off The Phone

Texting & Driving . . . It Can Wait

AT&T Warns Teens: Don't Text and Drive

For more information on Text Messaging/SMS - Talking Technology with Leroy Jones, Jr.:

TECH TERM - TEXT MESSAGING

TECH TERM - SMS

TECH TERM - SMS

Short Message Service - SMS
(or Text Messaging)

Definition: SMS is a feature available with practically all modern mobile phones that allow users to send and receive short text messages.

Basic SMS messages are addressed directly to a mobile phone number. Most U.S. carriers now allow sending to mobile phone numbers of other carriers. Most phones and carriers also support sending SMS from a phone directly to an email address.

Newer variants of SMS include
Long (Concatenated) SMS, and EMS.

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TECH TERM - TEXT MESSAGING

Text Messaging
(or Short Message Service - SMS)

Definition: Allows short text messages to be sent and received on a mobile phone. Messages can be sent from one phone to another by addressing the message to the recipient's phone number.

Messages can also usually be sent to a phone via a special email address, through the carrier's web site, or with special messaging software and a modem.

Most phones and carriers also allow messages to be sent from a phone directly to an e-mail address.

TECH PROGRESS

Technology continues to change the world:

Shower of Aid Brings Flood of Progress

EHR TIMELINE

The rush is on:

IT scurries to meet e-health records deadline

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More information on EHR - Talking Technology with Leroy Jones, Jr.:

"E-HEALTH RECORDS" - NEW SHOW

EMR RULES

OPEN EHR

E-MOVES

E-HEALTH GOLD

PERSONAL CONTROL OF E-HEALTH RECORDS

E-HEALTH TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BRAVE

HEALTH TERM - ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS

E-SECURITY

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS . . . DOES IT HELP?

HEALTH TERM - BENEFICIARY LIABILITY

Beneficiary Liability

Definition: The amount beneficiaries must pay providers for Medicare-covered services.

Liabilities include copayments, deductibles, and balance billing amounts.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has very strict rules about health providers billing patients for their liabilities.

Cost based facilities are not allowed to charge non-payment by beneficiaries to bad debt unless a clear history of collection activity is recorded.

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HEALTH TERMS - CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Definition: Is a Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Programs for which CMS is responsible include Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), HIPAA and CLIA. Formerly was HCFA.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has historically maintained the UB-92 institutional EMC format specifications, the professional EMC NSF specifications, and specifications for various certifications and authorizations used by the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

CMS is responsible for oversight of HIPAA administrative simplification transaction and code sets, health identifiers, and security standards.

CMS also maintains the HCPCS medical code set and the Medicare Remittance Advice Remark Codes administrative code set.