HIPAA Journal

MARCH 9, 2022

The investigation confirmed that an unauthorized individual gained access to a server that housed patient information such as names, contact information, birth dates, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, limited health information, and/or health insurance policy numbers.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2023

Miller, DMD, PC, doing business as Great Neck/Mid Island Dental, has recently announced via his legal counsel that the protected health information of 22,933 individuals may have been accessed by unauthorized individuals. A leading digital forensics firm was engaged to investigate the breach and confirmed data theft had occurred.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2022

According to RIPTA, those individuals were insured by UnitedHealthcare, RIPTA’s previous health insurance provider. These failures are alleged to have violated two state laws in Rhode Island – The Identify Theft Protection Act of 2015 and the Confidentiality of Healthcare Communications and Information Act.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Recently, NIST issued a draft update (SP 800-66r2) to its 2008 publication: An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule, and sought feedback from industry stakeholders ahead of the publication of the final version of the guidance. Background.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2024

Premera, Excellus, and Community Health Systems, CareFirst conducted a review of its systems which reviewed there had been unauthorized access to one of its databases. In response to major data breaches at Anthem Inc.,

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Fraud HIPAA Health Insurance Compliance 84

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health. Rock Health’s top-line findings were that: Patient-generated health data creates opportunity, and potential challenges. of total consumers, followed by: 9.6%

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Telemedicine Health Insurance 78

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 15, 2023

With a patented data science infrastructure, Apixio analyzes structured and unstructured data to develop high-fidelity patient health profiles and support value-based care programs. “Apixio has been a trusted business partner since our relationship began in 2015,” said Sarah M. London , Chief Executive Officer at Centene.

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2019

million in 2015 to 83.4 There’s a continuum of care that we all age into… eventually. For older people, by 2030, the number of folks in the U.S. dealing with at least three chronic conditions will grow from 30.8 million in 2030 as the number of people 65 and over will double from 35 million to 74 million “olders.”

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Health Insurance Hospitals 125

HIPAA Journal

JUNE 28, 2022

GAO explained in its report that between 2015 and 2021, the number of individuals affected by healthcare data breaches at healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and business associates of those entities has ranged from 5 million to 113 million each year.

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HIPAA Health Insurance Compliance Governance 98

Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2023

[See more on APA’s Stress in America research here in Health Populi ]. The APA found in the 2022 study that stress related to money reached the highest level Americans felt since 2015. Health Populi’s Hot Points: According to the 2024 Healthcare Financial Experience Study from Cedar, 58% of U.S.

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Health Insurance Medical Billing 77

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced its first financial penalties of 2022 to resolve alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Three of the cases were settled with OCR, and one resulted in a civil monetary penalty being imposed.

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HIPAA Compliance Health Insurance 122

HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2024

Since 1996, when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became law, there have been good advances in patient data interoperability, but as a whole, the industry has not embraced them. This drove the use of Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) in acute care hospitals to 84 percent by 2015.

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Hospitals Electronic Medical Records Governance Health Insurance 105

Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 19, 2022

” The changes are part of a 400-page proposed rule governing the federal health insurance marketplace and a few states that use the federal platform for their own exchanges. The new broker provision aims to deter fraudulent sign-ups by clarifying that applicants must attest that the income projections listed are correct.

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ACA Health Insurance Licensing Governance 80

American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 9, 2024

When someone uses your personal information, such as your name, Social Security number, or Medicare number, to make false claims to Medicare and other health insurers without your consent, it is known as medical identity theft. trillion in 2015. This wastes taxpayer money and interferes with your medical care.

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Health Care Law Brief

MAY 6, 2022

HHS seeks this information to be better informed when making determinations regarding fines, audits, and remedies after a potential violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Security Rule. Interested parties have until June 6, 2022 to submit comments.

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HIPAA Health Insurance Compliance 52

The Health Law Firm

APRIL 28, 2015

Telemedicine continues to be a heated issue during the 2015 Legislative session. With all the new technologies, mobile medical applications, expansion of health care access under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the emphasis on quality of care, telemedicine is at the forefront of the health care industry.

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Telemedicine ACA Health Insurance Health Care Access 40

HIPAA Journal

MAY 18, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights is the main enforcer of HIPAA compliance; however, state Attorneys General also play a role in enforcing compliance with the Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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HIPAA Compliance Ransomware Hospitals 102

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2023

For the first time since 2015, there was a year-over-year decline in the number of data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), albeit only by 1.13% with 707 data breaches of 500 or more records reported. There is also a risk of financial penalties from regulators.

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HIPAA Ransomware Hospitals Fraud 137

Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: I leave time in my frenetic schedule at CES for serendipity to kick in. Every year, keeping eyes and ears wide open, I spot something adjacent or somehow influential on health or well-being. My favorite example of this discovery happened at CES in 2015: that would make it a decade ago.

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FDA Medicare Medicare Medical Billing 52

Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2021

While Apple product purchases in 2015 were. The older adult consumer segment for Apple Watch adoption has the greatest growth, increasing 15% in 2019. Now women AND men are acquiring Apple watches. Initially it was a guy-thing – an Apple. Watch was perceived to make one look cool. purchased by women. greatest growth, up 15% in 2019.

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COVID-19 Elder Care Telemedicine Doctors 138

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

The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On Thursday, December 3, 2015, shareholders of Anthem Inc. The pending acquisition of Cigna by Anthem would cover approximately 53 million medical members resulting in the formation of the nation's largest health insurance company. Indest III, J.D., Anthem) and Cigna Corp.

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Health Insurance 40

The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

On February 4, 2015, Anthem, Inc., If an attack like this can happen to one of the biggest health insurers in the United States, it can happen just as easily to small providers. You are absolutely, 100 percent a target for cyberthieves. announced that it had been hacked by cyberthieves.

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Health Insurance Hospitals 40

Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2018

I’ve mined Meeker’s report for several years here on Health Populi: 2017 – Digital healthcare at the inflection point, via Mary Meeker. 2015 – Musings with Mary Meeker on the digital/health nexus. 2011 – Meeker & Murphy on mobile – through the lens of health.

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Health Insurance 54

HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The passage of HIPAA resulted in multiple benefits for the health insurance industry, the healthcare industry, and the people that they serve. For example, the Administrative Requirements (Part 162) helped reduce insurance fraud and accelerated eligibility inquiries, authorization requests, and claims processing.

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HIPAA Compliance Medicare Medicare 106

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

So in 2015, they started an online site called Dia & Co. Oh, and health insurance, too, before there was the Affordable Care Act. Health care spending is tied up into overall household spending. .” Then there’s Dia & Co.,

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Health Insurance 90

Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Family premiums for health insurance received at the workplace grew 5% in 2018: to $19,616, according to the 2018 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). These two trends combine for a 212% increase in workers’ deductibles in the past decade. in the same period.

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Telemedicine Health Insurance Medical Billing 66

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is one of the most well known regulatory frameworks in the healthcare industry, and it establishes safeguards for protecting sensitive patient information. So yes, HIPAA fines have doubled.

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HIPAA Compliance Regulatory Compliance Health Insurance 111

HIPAA Journal

JULY 27, 2023

The stolen information included names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, government identification ID numbers, driver’s license numbers, payment/financial institution information, health insurance providers, medical treatment information, medical diagnoses, medications, medical images, and lab test results.

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Ransomware Fraud Licensing Health Insurance 52

Health Populi

JULY 12, 2021

In the context of growing consumer-directed health in the U.S., ” This viewpoint looks like ancient history based on its publication date of October 2015, but it’s more timely than ever post-pandemic. In the context of growing consumer-directed health in the U.S.,

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COVID-19 Nurses Health Insurance Hospitals 77

CMS.gov

AUGUST 23, 2018

But did you know that you can also enroll in an HSA-eligible High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) in the individual health insurance market through HealthCare.gov? Coupling an HSA-eligible HDHP with a Health Savings Account is often something that employers offer to provide for their employees. Percentage [3].

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Health Insurance Medicare Medicare 42

HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2022

That’s more than any other year to date apart from 2015 when Anthem Inc reported its 78.8 The databases contained extensive patient information, such as contact information, health insurance information, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and medical information. million records.

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HIPAA Ransomware Health Insurance Compliance 103

Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) produced a new video on recognized security practices for organizations covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules.

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US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Health Insurance 59

Health Law Advisor

APRIL 13, 2022

What approaches promulgated under section 405(d) of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 do regulated entities rely on when establishing and implementing recognized security practices?

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HIPAA Health Insurance Compliance 52

MedTrainer

JANUARY 12, 2024

The adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), telemedicine , and data analytics has brought about new challenges and opportunities. HIPAA (1996): The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) established strict standards for patient data privacy and security.

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Health Law RX

APRIL 18, 2022

Covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) have the chance to provide input on two amendments to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH Act”).

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HIPAA Health Insurance Compliance 52

Compliancy Group

JUNE 24, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the healthcare industry, created a task group under the 2015 Cybersecurity Act (CSA). The following regulations are intended to protect patient and employee information. Cybersecurity Act, Section 405(d) The U.S.

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