HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

What is HIPAA? HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was passed by Congress in 1996, the establishment of federal standards for safeguarding PHI was not one of the primary objectives.

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HIPAA Fraud Health Insurance Medicaid 103

HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Penalties for HIPAA violations can be issued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and state attorneys general. In addition to financial penalties, covered entities are required to adopt a corrective action plan to bring policies and procedures up to the standards demanded by HIPAA. .

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HIPAA Compliance Hospitals COVID-19 124

HIPAA Journal

MAY 25, 2022

The break-in was discovered on March 4, 2022, with the subsequent investigation confirming on April 22, 2022, that six boxes of paper documents had been stolen from the facility, which included files relating to patients served by SAC Health in 1997 and between 2006 and 2020.

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Ransomware Fraud HIPAA Licensing 137

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Our industry has undergone several iterations of consumer data protection rules — starting in 1996 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA ). In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act , HITECH for short, became law, setting standards for electronic health records.

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Health Outcomes Governance Healthcare information Technology Health Insurance 98

Compliancy Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The nation’s first mental health parity law, the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA), provided that large group health plans can’t impose annual or lifetime dollar limits on mental health benefits that are less favorable than equivalent limits imposed on medical/surgical benefits.

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Compliance COVID-19 HIPAA Health Insurance 52

MedTrainer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Advocate Health Care HIPAA Breach (2016) In August 2016, Advocate Health Care Network —one of the largest healthcare systems in Illinois—agreed to settle potential violations of Privacy and Security Rules for $5.55 This settlement was the largest HIPAA settlement at that time. Loss of reimbursements. Patient privacy.

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Compliance HIPAA Medicaid Medicaid 52

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 17, 2023

Considering the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is now in its third decade, the Privacy Rule took effect 20 years ago, and compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule has been mandatory for 18 years, there have been relatively few financial penalties over the years, with just 130 imposed by OCR to resolve HIPAA violations.

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HIPAA Compliance Health Insurance Governance 107