HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Loren Larsen, CEO and co-founder of Videra Health The causes and effects of America’s mental health crisis are well-documented. A study by the National Council for Mental Well-Being reveals that mental health services in the U.S. 2023 — still a sizable jump compared to 11 percent before the pandemic.

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Verisys

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Compliance Updates: December 2023 Overlook: Federal Legislation DEA Licensure Compacts Other Legislation Board Updates Federal Legislation: The TREATS Act has been proposed which would amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow for the use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment. Collaborative Practice ( 680-X-2-.44

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

million breached accounts in Q3, 2023 – 26% of the global total of 31.5 million accounts that were breached from July through September 2023, according to Surfshark’s Data Breach Statistics: Q3 2023 Report. Globally, there was a 76% decrease in breached users worldwide compared to Q2, 2023.

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The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On November 6, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), released 91 pages of "General Compliance Program Guidance" (GCPG) on its website. By Michelle E. Missigman, J.D. This is the first compliance program guidance the OIG has released since 2008.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 26, 2024

What You Should Know: – Today the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) released a draft framework for responsible health AI with an invitation for public review and comment. – The framework, consisting of an Assurance Standards Guide, provides considerations to ensure standards are met in the deployment of AI in healthcare.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the food sector, “the opportunity for us and the role that we play is to connect climate and health,” Daniella Vega of Ahold Delhaize told Valerio Baselli during the Morningstar Sustainable Investing Summit 2023. “We have a role to play in society as a health partner for our customers,” Vega explained.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 4, 2023

By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer On May 25, 2023 , merely six weeks before the Wuhan Biosafety lab lost its NIH funding amid the controversy of possible lab leaks and connection with COVID-19, the United States proudly opened the doors of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), the 14th biosafety level 4 lab in the U.S.,

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 6, 2024

Many compliance violations in healthcare arise from financial conflicts of interest, particularly when providers get kickbacks or achieve financial gain from their referral services. CMS Updates in 2023 : Voluntary self-referral disclosure laws. Department of Health and Human Services, enforces the Stark Law.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 30, 2023

Attendees will gain valuable insights into health information privacy, healthcare cybersecurity, HIPAA enforcement, and a wealth of information to help them maintain HIPAA compliance and take healthcare data privacy and security to the next level. Jillson, JD – Counsel to the Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, U.S.

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On January 25, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) launched a multi-state coordinated law enforcement action to apprehend individuals engaged in a scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For many of us, change is hard. In cybersecurity, change is essential to defeat two of the most common causes of data breaches: the ever-evolving attack styles of hackers and human error. New products and features designed to protect data from the latest attack vectors and human errors are released regularly.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Mike Semel, President and Chief Security Officer of Semel Consulting The Ascension health system data breach can’t be easily separated from the United Healthcare Change Health breach that recently caused a huge financial and medical impact across the healthcare sector and may have breached the personal information for a third of Americans.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2024

A staggering 725 large healthcare data breaches were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services in 2023 alone, marking a troubling new peak and putting patient privacy at significant risk. One critical area where nurses are playing a vital part is cybersecurity.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As a constant observer and advisor across the health/care ecosystem, for me the concept of a “health plan” in the U.S. Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. is getting fuzzier by the day.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 13, 2023

RockHealth.org announced its 2023 cohort of Innovation Fellows , with founders focused in areas such as mental health, end-of-life care, pediatric telehealth, and trauma care. Additionally, Microsoft announced that New York City’s Mount Sinai Health System has the largest production instance of Epic running on Azure in the world.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 7, 2024

For example, these tools enable right-time, omnichannel notifications that make it simple for patients to pay their bills and send balance reminders to improve the collection of healthcare payments, increase medical practice revenue and improve AR for hospitals and health systems. The following are their answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

State and local governments, along with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations are teaming up in Texas to tackle youth mental health. Youth Mental Health Crisis Mental health has long been a neglected area of healthcare, particularly when it comes to children and teenagers.

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American Medical Compliance

JUNE 26, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) granted enforcement discretion for certain aspects of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) during the public health emergency. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

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Total HIPAA

MARCH 22, 2023

Insurance agents who handle protected health information (PHI) are required to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Contact us to learn more about our services and how we can help you protect your clients’ PHI and avoid non-compliance consequences. Enforcement Highlights.”

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 25, 2024

The US health system is in a desperate cybersecurity state of affairs. Although the attack vector in the Change Healthcare breach has not been identified as of this writing, the same group was responsible for the massive MGM Resorts hack in September 2023 which started on LinkedIn with a social engineering-driven exploit.

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American Medical Compliance

JUNE 24, 2023

A hospital security patient privacy breach has resulted in a hefty settlement of $240,000 under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The breach involved numerous patients’ personal health information (PHI) and violated the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which mandates strict protection of patient data.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 7, 2023

The Report also showed a significant increase in the use of real-time prescription benefits which decreases the out-of-pocket cost of medications for patients. Real-time Prescription Benefit High prescription drug prices create affordability challenges for patients and the health care system as a whole. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

According to a 2023 report by the US Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center , the number of cyberattacks on the healthcare sector doubled in 2023 from the year prior. So far in 2024 that accelerated trajectory shows no sign of slowing down. We need to do more to protect the vital healthcare infrastructure and ecosystem.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 21, 2023

Clarissa Riggins, Chief Product Officer, Experian Health How do you solve a persistent and growing problem like claims denials? But hope rings eternal among caring, compassionate, creative revenue cycle management professionals across the country at health systems large and small.

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Total HIPAA

MAY 19, 2022

Insurance agents who handle protected health information (PHI) are required to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA compliance audits are conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). HIPAA Audits.”

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Total HIPAA

AUGUST 2, 2023

To ensure the protection of sensitive information related to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) patients, the US Department of Health and Human Services and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (HHS and SAMHSA) collaborated to create the HIPAA Drug and Alcohol Records Law, also known as 42 CFR Part 2.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

The survey was conducted by research and consulting giant EY – and it has plenty more to say about the state of healthcare and health IT today. EY gave Healthcare IT News a sneak preview of the survey results in an interview with its global health leader, Aloha McBride. Overall, three value features for health stand out.

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Bill of Health

JULY 26, 2022

billion acquisition of One Medical (NASDAQ: ONEM) by Amazon triggered significant hyperventilating about the transformative and immediate impact of this transaction on the health care industry. Important Disclosure: Flare Capital was a significant investor in Iora Health and had a board seat. By Michael Greeley. Last week’s $3.9

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Earlier this week, Saint Anthony Hospital confirmed that it was still investigating the attack, which was detected on December 18, 2023. The investigation confirmed on January 7, 2024, that an unknown, unauthorized third party had copied files from its network on December 18, 2023, which contained patient information.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Banner Health had to pay a $1.25 The purpose of the security rule is to protect consumers’ health information from cybersecurity threats like this one. The purpose of the security rule is to protect consumers’ health information from cybersecurity threats like this one. Visit [link] for more information.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Groundhog Day 2023 means two years of following a corrective action plan and a $1.25 million settlement for Banner Health Affiliated Covered Entities (Banner Health) following the announcement of a Resolution Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), recently issued a proposed rule to adopt standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) for “health care attachment” transactions (the “Proposed Rule”).

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Previous articles in this series introduced the role of generative AI in the healthcare back office and examined its use in billing and revenue management. We’ll cover a lot of other uses in this article. Sharma says that message generators can take language translation services and the level of education into account.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 14, 2023

According to a press release published by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR), ransomware and hacking are healthcare’s primary cyberthreats. This trend continues in 2023, where hacking accounts for 77% of the large breaches reported to OCR.

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Innovaare Compliance

JUNE 21, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has wide-ranging impact on payments for drugs used by Medicare beneficiaries, whether they are administered in the provider’s office (Part B) or used in the ambulatory setting (Part D). Part B drugs have had the fastest spending growth for drugs for Medicare. percent annually.

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Hall Render

JUNE 21, 2024

NATIONAL 50% of U.S. to buy property. NATIONAL 50% of U.S. to buy property. NATIONAL 50% of U.S. to buy property. The deal fell through, but that won’t solve Bartlett’s budget issues. Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly considers $38.5M Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly considers $38.5M

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