Technical Jargon
A technology that uses software robots to automate repetitive, rules-based tasks, mimicking human actions on computers
What is RPA - Robotic Processing Automation?
The Bill Type = 111
What is the Initial Inpatient Bill?
The year the HIPAA Act was established into law.
What is 1996?
105,000
What is the number of employees?
I am the founder of the new EHR system that will go live on November 1, 2025
Who is Judy Faulkner?
It's a software development practice that automates the process of building, testing, and deploying code changes
What is CI/CD - Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment?
The Bill Type = 137
What is an Outpatient Replacement Bill?
PHI (Protected Health Information) is part of what Healthcare Law.
What is HIPAA?
There are 54 of these in the greater New York region
What is the number of Northwell GoHealth Urgent Care locations?
I am at 600+ Ambulatory sites and 2 hospitals
What is Soarian?
The processes and procedures used to ensure that software and other tech products meet established quality standards.
What is Quality Assurance?
The 3rd digit of the Bill Type is called
Comprehensive health reform law focused on expanding access to affordable health insurance, improving the quality of care, and controlling healthcare costs.
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
There are over 900 of these
What are Northwell owned and operated Ambulatory sites?
I am used at Valley Stream previous known as Franklin Hospital
What is Optimum aka Keene?
What is the acronym for a web address
What is URL?
Uniform Resource Locator
The electronic 837 file is used to submit claims to insurance companies, also known as Payers. Its counterpart file is used to communicate payment details from payer to providers.
What is the 835 file, also known as Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) file
Addresses fraud against government healthcare programs like Medicare and Medicaid
What is the False Claims Act?
There are 27 of these
What is the number of Northwell owned hosptials?
EHR has a comprehensive view of a patients Medical History. I focus on medical records from a single provider.
What is an EMR: Electronic Medical Record?
What is the name of the first internet search engine
What is Archie?
This classification is used for hospital payment and reimbursement purposes particular, Medicare
What is the DRG?
Diagnosis Related Group
Mandates that hospitals provide emergency medical care to anyone who needs it, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.
What is EMTALA?
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
There are 7 different versions running at Northwell.
What is Invision?
An electronic health record (EHR) that is shared across different health systems.
What is a SHR = Shared Health Record aka an Interoperable EHR