HIPAA Journal

JULY 4, 2024

The HIPAA rules and regulations are the standards and implementation specifications adopted by federal agencies to streamline healthcare transactions and protect the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information. This guide explains why the HIPAA rules and regulations exist, what they consist of, and who they apply to.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

The HIPAA Journal has compiled healthcare data breach statistics from October 2009, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started publishing summaries of healthcare data breaches on its website. This page is regularly updated to reflect the latest healthcare data breach statistics.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 9, 2023

In 2013, David Dubin was examining a patient when he was informed by his father that the patient’s Medicaid benefits had been exhausted and cut the evaluation short. Under the letter of the law, small-scale fraud and large-scale fraud carry the same sentence for aggravated identity theft.

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Health Care Law Brief

JUNE 5, 2023

We previously wrote about the United States Department of Justice’s (“ DOJ ”) Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“ CCFI ”), which “aims to hold accountable entities or individuals that put U.S. To resolve these allegations, Jelly Bean and Spinks agreed to pay $293,771. FHKC shut down its website’s application portal shortly thereafter.

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Total HIPAA

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A newsletter on the importance of importance of HIPAA logging requirements states this: 1. A federal grand jury indicted a former MedStar Ambulance paramedic on counts of identity theft and fraud. He altered patient records as part of a scheme to steal narcotics from a local hospital from January 2013 to May 2015.

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Total HIPAA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

This post aims to answer all of your HIPAA compliance questions. If you’re just learning about HIPAA compliance, or beginning the process of becoming HIPAA compliant, this article will guide you through the initial steps you must take to adhere to the law. What is HIPAA Compliance? This is a long, comprehensive post.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 24, 2024

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime Complaints Center (IC3), there were 277,918 domestic and international incidents reported between October 2013 and December 2022 resulting in more than $50 billion in losses, including 137,601 incidents in the United States and more than $17 billion in reported losses.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MAY 31, 2022

However, traditional healthcare players, subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), may also find themselves innovating in this space (and grappling with how to stand up a HIPAA compliance program in the metaverse). Healthcare Laws. 1, 2021). [2]

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

Baylor College of Medicine said the research participants’ data exposed in the attack related to breast cancer research and clinical trials at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center between 1999 to 2013. County Department of Mental Health appeared first on HIPAA Journal. The post MFA Bypassed in Cyberattack on L.A.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 24, 2023

The team’s roles are to investigate and audit the Department’s operations to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse within the Department, and also to audit and investigate potential crimes against the Department. Subsequent Acts of Congress increased the OIG’s regulatory authority to prevent crimes against the Department.

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Hall Render

JULY 22, 2022

cancer, cardio lab fraud. Eric Holder’s wife accused of major HIPAA ‘breach’ by her former women’s health practice. OCR fines 11 healthcare orgs for HIPAA right-of-access cases. OCR fines 11 healthcare orgs for HIPAA right-of-access cases. New York confirms 1st national polio case since 2013.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2022

Articles discussing the 3 major things addressed in the HIPAA law often tend to focus on the Administrative, Physical, and Technical Safeguards of the Security Rule. However, although the Safeguards of the Security Rule are 3 things in the HIPAA law, they are not THE 3 major things addressed in the HIPAA law. The Need to Reform.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 13, 2024

attracts Merck as an investor Centura Health Pushes Back on Class Action Alleging Wrongful Liens Children’s Hospital Colorado fined $548K for HIPAA violations CommonSpirit builds market leadership team Denver business leader tapped to be CEO of Aurora innovation campus Denver metro hospitals No. 3 in the U.S. 3 in the U.S.

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Drug & Device Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

2013) (Painter); McClellan v. 2019) (Augustine); In re Mirena IUD Levonorgestrel-Related Products Liability Litigation (No. II) , 341 F. 3d 213, 222-23, 229-32 (S.D.N.Y. 2018) (Etminan); Gerke v. Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. , 316, 328-29 (D. I-Flow Corp. , 2d 1092, 1119-25 (D. 2010) (Matsen); Nelson v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.

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