Tammy Worth

Contributing Writer

Tammy Worth is a freelance health care reporter. As a contributing author to Renal & Urology News, she writes monthly HIPAA and practice management columns. Tammy received a bachelor’s degree in english from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a master’s degree in journalism from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to her work with Haymarket Media, she has written for more than a decade for outlets including the Los Angeles Times, The Economist, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Health.com, WebMD.com, and KCPT. More of her work can be found at www.tammyworth.com.

All articles by Tammy Worth

Black female doctor speaking to a Black male patient

Practice Management

Curbing Inherent Bias When Caring for Patients

Tammy Worth

December 30, 2020

Bias extends beyond skin color to the assumptions physicians might make about patients.

Practice Management

Address Possible Security Lapses as Your Practice Returns to Normal

Tammy Worth

December 29, 2020

To accommodate patients remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, practices may have expanded personnel access to protected health information and relied on devices that might be vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Doctors in a business meeting looking at contract

Practice Management

What to Do When Vendors Fail

Tammy Worth

September 15, 2020

NRC Health, a software and patient satisfaction survey provider holding data from more than 25 million patients, was locked out of its computer system in February because of a ransomware attack.

Practice Management

The Psychology of Collecting Debt: How to Get Patients to Pay Their Bills

Tammy Worth

September 15, 2020

By connecting on a personal level, medical practices may have better results in getting patients to settle their accounts.

Practice Management

Back to Basics: Focus on Risk Assessments for HIPAA Compliance

Tammy Worth

September 15, 2020

Regardless of the challenges a smaller group might have, a risk assessment is a baseline for any HIPAA program. The cost of this assessment is considerably less than a HIPAA fine.