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DECEMBER 3, 2024

Introduction In today’s digital age, protecting sensitive patient information (PHI) is a top priority for healthcare organizations. HIPAA compliance mandates stringent security measures, including robust email encryption services.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 24, 2025

A healthcare information breach, such as hacking or an insider threat, invades the privacy of patients who depend on your organizations protection. With the latest compliance software, your organization can prevent such breaches or mitigate their effects when they happen. What Constitutes a Healthcare Data Breach?

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, the sharing of health information is a delicate balance, especially when it comes to teenagers. THE PROBLEM Patient portals facilitate efficient sharing of health information between patients, their families and healthcare providers.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 19, 2025

"We were very excited by the speed in which this data was quickly pulled together as many of us were first-time users of this innovative approach to tackling complex and data-heavy information," she continued. It's also important to factor in patient trust and experience, she advised.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Shubh Sinha, CEO of Integral When Andreessen Horowitz, a tech-focused venture capital firm, released its Big Ideas in Tech list for 2025, one standout idea had broad implications for companies and consumers: applying artificial intelligence (AI) to regulatory compliance. AI-powered regulatory compliance isnt just a trend.

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MRO Compliance

MARCH 27, 2025

The AHIOS executive team for the 2025 2026 term includes MRO’s Chief Financial Officer, Nate Eastman, as Treasurer.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Demonstrating benefits to patients and clinicians will greatly drive interoperability, h ealth information exchange and medical record digitalisation in Asia-Pacific. " Time spent on the EMR, he said, is driven by such factors as specialty, payer expectations, and regulatory compliance. "Complex cases require more time."

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MRO Compliance

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Internal audits and monitoring are essential practices to ensure coding and billing compliance, protect revenue, and defend against payer audits and clinical denials. New technology platforms are now available to continuously deliver information and insights to audit teams.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Role of AI in Physician Payments In healthcare, operational efficiency and contract compliance are paramount. There are several compliance issues that healthcare organizations must avoid when it comes to physician compensation plans. This can subject both hospitals and physicians to compliance risk and unnecessary labor costs.

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MRO Compliance

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set) is a critical quality measurement tool used to assess healthcare performance across various domains. For healthcare organizations, the HEDIS season, which typically spans February to May, requires a proactive approach to ensure data accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.

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MRO Compliance

DECEMBER 20, 2024

However, this practice can lead to unintended consequences, such as higher denial rates and unauthorized access to protected health information (PHI). Read the full “Fast Focus: Payer Direct Access to Provider EHRs” below. Fast Focus: Clinical Data Registries and the Compilation of Databases Read the Full Fast Focus

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AIHC

MARCH 31, 2025

The information below is provided two subject matter experts serving on the AIHC Volunteer Education Committee. Compliance officers can reference the Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, PUBL148.PS What is the Sunshine Act?

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

MARCH 14, 2025

In todays digital healthcare environment, protecting patient information is not just the responsibility of IT or compliance officersit is a shared duty among all employees. A single mistake, such as sending an email to the wrong recipient or leaving a workstation unlocked, can expose sensitive information.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 5, 2025

With data breaches rising, protecting sensitive information is essential for staying compliant and sustaining patients’ trust. When it comes to HIPAA compliance vs. ISO 27001, many businesses opt for both because the HIPAA Security Rule and the ISO 27001 framework can be used for data risk management.

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HealthIT Answers

MARCH 18, 2025

However, with the shift to virtual care comes a critical responsibility ensuring the security and privacy of patient information. The post Ensuring HIPAA Compliance in Telehealth Sessions appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This approach helped identify areas for continuous improvement and maintain compliance with Stage 6 standards," Kasih Ibu Hospital Group president Krishna Duarsa explained to Healthcare IT News. We regularly monitored the performance of implemented systems using Tableau for data analysis, ensuring effectiveness and efficiency.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Under HIPAA compliance, healthcare organizations must ensure that all communications, including fax, are secure and meet stringent standards. By modernizing these systems with cloud-based solutions, healthcare organizations can find a balance between HIPAA compliance and operational efficiency. million annually for cloud fax services.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 22, 2024

These interpretations have led to the development of detailed guidelines and enforcement actions to ensure compliance. This would directly tie cybersecurity compliance to federal healthcare funding, compelling hospitals and healthcare providers to adopt robust cybersecurity measures.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Flavio Villanustre, SVP, Technology & Global Information Security Officer at LexisNexis Risk Solutions Although securing data in todays complex healthcare technology infrastructure environment can be very challenging, there are a few key rules of thumb that when applied comprehensively can help reduce the likelihood of a catastrophic incident.

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Dot Compliance

MARCH 4, 2025

It helps companies scale, stay ahead of compliance risks, and drive innovation in ways that on-premises systems simply cant. The Compliance Advantage of Cloud-Native eQMS Regulations evolve constantly, and compliance teams must adapt. Companies dont need to manually track updates or worry about falling out of compliance.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

A risk analysis must include all systems, not only the systems that process health information, because other systems could be compromised to allow access to those containing health information. For example, a system that stores passwords for an electronic health record system but does not contain any health information itself.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 5, 2024

Healthcare companies and providers can now store HIPAA-protected data in the HubSpot customer relationship management platform to automate workflows, connect teams with closed-loop reporting and create campaigns with personalized information, the company said Tuesday. The nexus of technology and HIPAA compliance has evolved, however.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Develop guiding principles Don’t start your AI project from scratch; instead, build upon your existing privacy, security and compliance frameworks while adding AI-specific considerations. Henriksen emphasized, “Stay focused on how the patient experiences care while providing that care at a lower cost with higher quality.

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MRO Compliance

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

HITRUST CSF is a certifiable security and privacy framework which incorporates information protection requirements based on input from leading organizations worldwide. For more information on how MRO is empowering healthcare organizations of every type and scale with proven, enterprise-wide clinical data solutions, visit www.mrocorp.com.

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YouCompli

MARCH 18, 2025

opioid epidemic holds important lessons for compliance professionals. Implications and Impact for Healthcare Compliance Leaders This case has significant implications for healthcare compliance officers as well as consulting advisors.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Written by Gabriella Neff, RHIA, CHA, CHC, CHRC, CHPC This past year, in 2024, revisions were made to clarify hospital guidelines related to informed consent specifically addressing UIEs (unconsented intimate exams) to patients while under anesthesia. OCR recently issued an FAQ focusing on this right. [6]

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 20, 2025

The WISH,OSHA, and Infection Control Compliance Training for WA Dental Healthcare Providers course equips dental professionals with essential knowledge on WISHA, OSHA regulations, and infection control. The information contained in these trainings was derived from publications of WA.gov, OSHA, and CDC(Government Sourced Material).

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Today, we are going to focus on emerging technologies in regard to health information management. We reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them how can health information management professionals leverage emerging technologies, such as AI , to enhance data integrity and streamline processes?

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 1, 2025

CIS controls and ISO 27001 provide crucial compliance frameworks for healthcare organizations of all types and sizes. Any compliance officer knows that adhering to both standards takes considerable time, resources, and effort. This adaptability makes CIS ideal for mapping or integrating into another compliance framework like ISO 27001.

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Verisys

MARCH 6, 2025

In the healthcare industry, compliance with regulatory standards is not merely a requirement but a cornerstone of safe, effective, and ethical patient care. When healthcare organizations fail to meet compliance standards, the consequences can be severespanning legal and financial realms. What is Non-Compliance in Healthcare?

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Details of the ransomware attack that exposed PHI, and that may have resulted in unauthorized parties obtaining protected health information, are provided below. The demographic information, including the names, social security numbers, addresses, driver license numbers, and birthdates, may also constitute ePHI.

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American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 23, 2025

Behind every well-trained healthcare worker is a dedicated team of professionals who work tirelessly to ensure doctors, nurses, and other providers stay informed, skilled, and compliant with the latest standards. Ensuring Compliance: They stay informed about new healthcare rules and make sure training aligns with them.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In January 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights received 70 reports of large-scale data breaches (affecting more than 500 patients) in the healthcare sector, impacting the protected health information of approximately 2,768,422 patients. Discover a simpler path to compliance with Compliancy Group.

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MRO Compliance

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Promoting Interoperability: Automatic reweighting is now limited to specific groups, such as hospital-based and non-patient-facing clinicians, clarifying eligibility and simplifying compliance. With Polaris, MIPS participants can ensure accuracy and compliance while maximizing their performance scores under the 2025 updates.

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Compliancy Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

After noting this statistic, Fontes Rainer noted that the risk analysis initiative will be deployed to bring organizations into compliance with the risk analysis standard. BCAA determined that the encrypted files affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 14,273 patients.

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MRO Compliance

JANUARY 15, 2025

Just as the organization has for the last 23 years, MRO continues to support hospitals and health systems in protecting revenues and simplifying the exchange of information with patients and third-party requesters to reduce risk, increase compliance, and introduce new efficiencies. 1353 skindlick@mrocorp.com

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