HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 2, 2023

Notification letters will be sent to the affected individuals in the coming weeks and credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services will be offered. A third-party data review company was provided with the files on December 22, 2022, and provided the results of the analysis to SHS on May 16, 2023.

Licensing 95

Licensing Electronic Medical Records Ransomware Health Insurance 95

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 11, 2023

A joint research project by Health-ISAC, Finite State, and Securin has revealed exploitable vulnerabilities in medical devices have increased by almost 60% since 2022. The researchers identified almost 1,000 vulnerabilities in 966 medical products, which is a 59% year-over-year increase from 2022.

Electronic Medical Records 94

Electronic Medical Records Ransomware Fraud HIPAA 94

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Cybercriminals have been increasingly attacking healthcare vendors because they are a much less secure part of the supply chain and in 2022, many of the largest healthcare data breaches reported involved vendors. million patients, to name but a few. million patients, to name but a few.

Electronic Medical Records 109

Electronic Medical Records Ransomware Fraud Public Health 109

HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

in Iowa has recently confirmed that it was affected by the data breach at the electronic medical record provider, Eye Care Leaders. Wolfe Clinic used the myCare Integrity medical records platform, which was accessed by an unauthorized party on or around December 4, 2021, who deleted databases and system configuration files.

Electronic Medical Records 73

Electronic Medical Records Ransomware Fraud HIPAA 73

HIT Consultant

MARCH 24, 2023

al, Nature, 2022). Today, cNLU is being applied to billing/coding, trial enrollment, registry creation, clinical decision support, prior authorization, fraud/abuse detections, and other labor-intensive workflows. Anest & Analgesia, 2022). Gradient Flow, 2021). Similar adoption is occurring in the UK as well. (Wu

Electronic Medical Records 98

Electronic Medical Records Fraud 98

AIHC

APRIL 5, 2022

Read Part 1 entitled “ Managing Denials Is Important to Good A/R Hygiene ” posted March 22, 2022, and Part 2 entitled “ Understanding How Payers Deny Claims. Due to the huge volume of claims payers receive to process, deny and pay, they have implemented various methods to track providers to detect potential waste, fraud and/or abuse.

Fraud 52

Fraud Medicare Medicare Compliance 52

Provider Trust

JULY 25, 2022

To eliminate fraud in your health ecosystem, you must stay compliant with federal and state requirements for referring and ordering physicians. In 2022, Summa Health received a penalty for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. Recent OIG Enforcement Actions.

Electronic Medical Records 52

Electronic Medical Records Licensing Medicare Medicare 52

Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In July 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert alerting practitioners to exercise caution when entering into arrangements with telemedicine companies. billion in 2022 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 15.9%

Electronic Medical Records 52

Electronic Medical Records Medicare Medicare COVID-19 52

Health Care Law Brief

APRIL 12, 2023

79452 (2022)). Part C Reforms Pursuant to the Final Rule, if an MA plan prior authorized an item or service or made a pre-service determination of coverage or payment, the MA plan may not later deny coverage for lack of medical necessity and may not reopen the decision, except for “good cause” (as defined in 42 C.F.R. 405.902). .

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Medicare Medicare Overpayment Overpayments 52

Hall Render

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Hospitals likely to end 2022 in the red despite August boost, report says. Judge rules that HHS must immediately halt unlawful reimbursement cuts to certain 340B hospitals for rest of 2022. Medical groups want lawmakers to bolster safety for health care workforce. University of Florida, Jupiter Medical Center to build hospital.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 Nurses Nursing Homes Hospitals 40

Hall Render

JUNE 3, 2022

NCH Healthcare System switching vendor for electronic medical records in early June. Valley doctor, pharmacy, volunteer among 2022 ‘Health Heroes’ ILLINOIS. Maryland Department of Health releases the 2022-2026 State Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. MASSACHUSETTS.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses 40

Hall Render

APRIL 7, 2023

5 moves to know Most hospital websites routinely transfer patient data via tracking tools Nonprofit hospitals that pay board members linked to less charity care Nurses, federal lawmakers push for staffing ratio legislation Reports of serious adverse events rose in 2022: Joint Commission Doctors are drowning in paperwork. on revenue of $2.1B

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US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes COVID-19 Nurses 40