HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Five former employees of Methodist Hospital in Tennessee have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Memphis for criminal violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for impermissibly accessing the protected health information of patients and providing that information to another individual for financial gain.

HIPAA 109

HIPAA Hospitals Health Insurance 109

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Census Bureau found that the level of health insurance enrollment fell by 1 million people in 2019 , with about 30 million Americans not covered by health insurance. million people in 2017. The coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated the erosion of the health insured population.

COVID-19 62

COVID-19 Health Insurance Public Health Health Care Access 62

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

“Consumers are not disciplined about saving in general,” with saving for healthcare lagging behind other types of savings, Alegeus observes in the 2018 Alegeus Consumer Health & Financial Fluency Report. Thus Alegeus says that peoples’ overall health insurance fluency is low. consumers at the end of 2017.

Health Insurance 48

Health Insurance 48

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 3, 2022

The health insurer Aetna ACE is one of the latest healthcare organizations to announce it has been affected by a ransomware attack on a mailing vendor, which involved the protected health information of 326,278 plan members. Aetna also experienced another mailing-related data breach in 2017 that affected 12,000 individuals.

Ransomware 134

Ransomware HIPAA Health Insurance 134

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2018

Among these people, healthcare trust fell by 20 percentage points between 2017 and 2018, a “crash” (Edelman’s descriptor) from 75 percent to 55%. Biotech is roughly tied for second place with consumer health, dropping also by 7 points. Pharma is the only segment among the five healthcare businesses where U.S.

Health Insurance 74

Health Insurance Fraud Hospitals Doctors 74

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

Consider: fighting health insurance appeals, crafting countless medical necessity letters, justifying being discharged against medical orders, and other battles fought hand-in-hand with her husband on behalf of Emmett and his well-being.

Patient Advocacy 174

Patient Advocacy Health Insurance Nurses 174

Health Populi

JANUARY 9, 2019

All health/care is retail now in America. who have health insurance must take on a deductible of some amount, which compels that insured individual to spend the first dollar on medical services up until they meet their financial commitment. I say this as most people in the U.S. In the median U.S.

Health Insurance 94

Health Insurance FDA 94

HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has restructured its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and has created new divisions that will help improve the enforcement of HIPAA and civil rights laws and clear the current backlog of complaints and investigations.

HIPAA 104

HIPAA Health Insurance Compliance 104

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.

HIPAA 125

HIPAA Compliance Health Insurance 125

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 23, 2022

Webb Mason provided patient data to Quantum Group in 2017 to assist with marketing efforts for Highmark, and that information has potentially been accessed by unauthorized individuals. Highmark Inc., Highmark stressed that its own IT systems were not compromised. Notification letters have been sent to affected patients.

HIPAA 129

HIPAA Licensing Health Insurance Governance 129

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 8, 2022

Wall Street has largely focused on CVS’s efforts to add primary-care practices and doctors to its payroll, though executives have also discussed their ambitions to expand its in-home health presence. New York-based private-equity firm New Mountain Capital is an investor in Signify after first backing it in 2017. B last month.

Governance 97

Governance Medicare Medicare Health Insurance 97

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers. per year, 2017-26, expected to hit $5.7 The annual growth rate of medical spending will be 5.5%

Health Insurance 79

Health Insurance Medicare Medicare Medicaid 79

CMS.gov

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Census Bureau released their annual report on health insurance coverage in the United States which shows the number of uninsured Americans rose from 2017 to 2018.

Health Insurance 56

Health Insurance 56

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). million 78.8 million 78.8 million 78.8 million 78.8

HIPAA 102

HIPAA Compliance Ransomware Hospitals 102

HIPAA Journal

JULY 3, 2024

A Seattle, WA, plastic surgery practice has been ordered to pay a financial penalty of $5 million to the Office of the Washington Attorney General to resolve alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Washington Consumer Protection Act (CPA), and the federal Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA).

HIPAA 116

HIPAA Health Insurance Doctors Compliance 116

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

The report analyzes results of a survey of over 2,000 Change Healthcare customers (from academia, government, technology vendors, hospitals, providers, and health plans), conducted in October-November 2017. Remember that health insurers rank very low on consumer experience compared with retailers and grocers. healthcare?

Health Insurance 104

Health Insurance Health Outcomes Governance Compliance 104

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2022

Protenus has been releasing annual Breach Barometer reports since 2016, and the number of healthcare data breaches has increased every year, with the number of breached records increasing every year since 2017. 905 incidents are included in the report, which is a 19% increase from 2020.

HIPAA 117

HIPAA Ransomware Health Insurance 117

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Nearly all Americans (86% net responsible) first blame health insurance companies, followed by hospitals (82%). I wrote my first post on Health Populi nearly eleven years ago Labor Day week 2007. .” In 2017, healthcare made up 18.2% Who’s responsible? of the U.S.

Medical Billing 47

Medical Billing Health Insurance Doctors Hospitals 47

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

BWPO said the backup file included data from January 1, 2017, to May 1, 2019, including names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, medical record numbers, health insurance numbers, and limited clinical information, such as lab results, procedures, medications, and diagnoses related to care provided at BWPO.

Ransomware 75

Ransomware HIPAA Health Insurance 75

Health Populi

MARCH 22, 2018

“These costs may have considerable adverse consequences,” calling out the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment which saw that these adverse impacts can be helped by health insurance coverage. health citizens of the economic hardship of high-cost health problems.

Hospitals 67

Hospitals Health Insurance Medical Billing 67

Health Populi

JULY 21, 2019

Sixty percent of workers with health insurance were covered by a health plan with a deductible (a HDHP). Four in ten insured workers contributed to a health savings account (HSA( associated with their HDHP.

Health Insurance 121

Health Insurance ACA 121

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The doctors will review the information before saving it in electronic medical records (EMRs) and transferring it to other digital health systems, i.e., e-pharmacy or digital health insurance.

Telemedicine 124

Telemedicine Electronic Medical Records Doctors COVID-19 124

Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019. One-third of older people wouldn’t share their health data with any third party at all.

HIPAA 169

HIPAA Health Insurance Doctors 169

Health Populi

MAY 30, 2018

This is important because in 2017, one in four new drugs approved by the FDA were designed to treat a small population, falling. An essay in Health Affairs speaks to Data Sharing For Precision Medicine: Policy Lessons and Future Directions, written by a team of researchers based in Zurich a the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).

Informed Consent 69

Informed Consent FDA Health Insurance HIPAA 69

Health Populi

AUGUST 8, 2018

The first chart shows consumers’ concerns about health care expenses over time, comparing perceptions in 2009 and 2017. By 2017, just under one-half of Americans were concerned about healthcare and health insurance costs, and 34% concerned about routing medical expenses.

Health Insurance 81

Health Insurance Hospitals Doctors 81

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

This latter point suggests that for these people, there may be concern that their current health insurance coverage could be limited or otherwise “shrink” based on next year’s potentially slimmed-down health plan. Health care costs are a pocketbook issue for families at all income levels in the U.S.

Health Insurance 79

Health Insurance Hospitals 79

Total HIPAA

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This isn’t just about ticking off a checklist; it’s about safeguarding the future of your organization, whether you’re a medical practice, a health insurance agent, a self-funded employer, or a business associate in the healthcare realm.

HIPAA 98

HIPAA Compliance Due Diligence Health Insurance 98

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Note how health insurance, in particular, swelled as a component of family budgets more than housing, transportation, and college education. The table (Appendix: The Cost-of-Thriving Data) organizes the growing costs by household line item including housing, health insurance, transportation and college. In the U.S.,

Health Insurance 96

Health Insurance Public Health Governance 96

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Among people who have health insurance, managing the costs of their medical care doesn’t rank as a top frustration. Instead, attending to health and wellbeing, staying true to an exercise regime, maintaining good nutrition, and managing stress top U.S. health-insured adults in July 2018.

Health Insurance 73

Health Insurance Doctors Medicaid Medicaid 73

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The virtual trial, to be sure, is not a new concept: One team of researchers counted more than 1,100 trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov employing connected digital products for remote data collection in both 2017 and 2018, the organization observed. Implications of altered health portfolios.

COVID-19 216

COVID-19 Hospitals Doctors Health Insurance 216

Health Populi

MARCH 7, 2018

As I wrote here in April 2017, telehealth and virtual healthcare are mainstreaming. The evidence for telehealth’s tipping point is rooted in new research published today by Accenture on Patients + Doctors + Machines, Accentures’ 2018 Consumer Survey on Digital Health. Accenture surveyed 2,301 U.S.

Telemedicine 76

Telemedicine Patient Satisfaction Health Insurance Doctors 76

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The largest patient experience workflows included shopping for health insurance, preparing to see a healthcare provider, connecting with that provider, managing a diagnosis, shopping for services, receiving treatment, and finally, paying for the services. Experian surveyed 1,000 consumers in September 2017 for this study.

Health Insurance 63

Health Insurance Medical Billing Medicaid Medicaid 63

Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2020

has health insurance coverage, the third chart tells us. Note that the same proportions of higher-income and middle-income Americans call out a high priority for the Federal government to make sure all Americans have health insurance. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Over the past twenty years in the U.S.,

Health Insurance 79

Health Insurance Public Health Medicare Medicare 79

Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

“Health agencies will have to become at least as sophisticated as other consumer/retail industries in analyzing a variety of data that helps uncover root causes of human behavior,” Gartner recommended in 2017. That’s because “health” is not all pre-determined by our parent-given genetics.

Health Insurance 82

Health Insurance Medicaid Medicaid Public Health 82

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Among consumers willing to share health information, the most trusted touch point is “my physician,” with whom 86% of people said they’d share in 2017 but dropping to 73% in 2019.

Telemedicine 78

Telemedicine Health Insurance 78

Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

Various smaller health insurance issuers have challenged the risk-adjustment program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), alleging, among other things, that its underlying methodology favors larger insurers. Once the new rules were published, Vista Health Plan, Inc., 2018 Final Rule, 83 Fed.

ACA 52

ACA US Department of Health and Human Services Health Insurance Medicaid 52

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Consumers most highly value certain features when they rate their experience with health and personal care stores, including the convenience of store locations, the layout and cleanliness of stores, quality and reliability of the store’s mobile app, and quality of pharmacy services, among other metrics. percentage points.

Health Insurance 74

Health Insurance Hospitals 74