HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, has signed Senate Bill 696 into law, which expands the definition of personal information under the Breach of Personal Information Notification Act that warrants individual notifications to be issued in the event of a data breach. The updated law will take effect on May 2, 2023.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

Key Updates to Health Breach Notification Rule Summary Focus on Health Apps and Emerging Technologies: The revised rule clarifies its application to health apps and similar technologies not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Health Insurance HIPAA Compliance 128

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Most Ontarian residents receive medically necessary services under the single-payer, provincially funded Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), which includes primary and specialty physician services, emergency department visits, hospital stays, laboratory and diagnostic testing, and other community healthcare services.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 21, 2023

This article will discuss the importance of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in protecting the rights of people with long COVID and other disabilities in the workplace, in health care, and in disability and other benefits in order to chart an equitable path forward.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 3, 2022

During several months in 2020, 131,000 enrollees were mistakenly dropped from coverage but were ultimately reinstated, according to the state Department of Health Care Services, which administers Medi-Cal. Insurance agents can also bring lots of expertise to help resolve your problem. And such incidents have slowed sharply since.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 26, 2024

Besides grants for “psychedelic” research, the FDA just released draft guidance on considerations for psychedelic clinical investigations with an ambiguous definition of what is considered to be a “psychedelic.” Insurance coverage codes will also be a big issue here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

" Key components of the ATA's Health Data Privacy Principles include: Consistency Definition of Consumer Health data Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Consumer Rights Consumer Consent, Sale of Data & Opt-Out Enforcement THE LARGER TREND For 30 years the ATA has advocated on behalf of telehealth providers.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule on April 26, 2024, that updates the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule. These changes make the Health Breach Notification Rule applicable to health apps and similar technologies not covered by HIPAA.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 23, 2023

The update broadened the definition of personal information to include medical information, health insurance information, and usernames in combination with a password or security question/answer that allows an account to be accessed. The update to BPINA was signed into law on November 3, 2022, and took effect on May 2, 2023.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

Throughout the text of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) a lot of content connects HIPAA law and employers. However, the definition of Protected Health Information (also in §160.103) excludes “employment records held by a Covered Entity in its role as an employer.”

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2021

Population health looks at life expectancy, for Los Alamos a high of 83.5 Fewer people in the area smoke, and Los Alamos also enjoys a high level of health-insured people: only 3% lack health insurance, compare with nationally 10.6% years compared with the national median of just under 80 years of age.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Rates of video-enabled telehealth services were lower among historically underserved populations, including those with lower incomes; adults without a high school degree; Black, Latinx and Asian respondents; and those without health insurance, the report found.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This synergy allows for effective management of both community health and individual patient needs, a concept detailed by Definitive Healthcare. PHM systems, which adopt a community-centered approach, work in tandem with CCM systems that concentrate on individual patient care. affecting about 6 in 10 adults. He founded GuideWell Inc.,

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Hospitals Health Insurance Public Health Governance 133

Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

Health Populi’s Hot Points: That’s a lot of “free” for $39.99 in any one’s definition of value-based health care — most especially, a consumer’s. ” A: “Nope — insurance isn’t needed or accepted.”

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 8, 2024

Pennsylvania has updated its data breach notification law, narrowing the definition of personal information, adding the requirement to notify the state Attorney General, and requiring credit monitoring services to be provided to data breach victims in certain circumstances.

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The Digital Health Corner

JULY 17, 2017

Perhaps the best definition of patient safety is that of the World Health Organization. Simply put, it is “…the prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with health care.” Patient safety initiatives have taken many forms. The use of blockchain in healthcare has been discussed for a number of years.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 12, 2023

Washington state is on the brink of enacting a new law that will considerably expand privacy protections for consumer health data in the state and will address the current gap in privacy protections for health data not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Exacerbating this picture of financial un-wellness among millions of Americans is the fact that consumers “don’t know what they don’t know” when it comes to how their health insurance works — that is, how to benefit from their health benefits.

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Health Insurance 48

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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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

John Berndt, SVP of Health North America, Valtech Also known as the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) defines and regulates individuals’ medical records and other individually identifiable health information, collectively known as patient healthcare information (PHI).

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

The HHS also outlines its intentions to seek funding from Congress to provide the necessary resources to protect our health system. I agree that healthcare organizations can definitely use the resources, as they are faced with reduced margins.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HealthEdge”), a provider of the industry’s leading next-gen integrated solution suite for health insurers, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire digital health management platform Wellframe Inc. What You Should Know: – HealthEdge Software, Inc. Wellframe”).

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

He also seeks information from stakeholders on how well the HIPAA framework is currently working, whether HIPAA should be updated, the challenges legislative reforms of HIPAA would create, and how health data sharing can be structured, given the current patchwork of legal frameworks in different states.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As of 2022, three in four consumers were offered online access to their medical records by a health care provider or health insurance plan, and well over one-half accessed their medical record or portal — growing by 50% over the two years, 2020 to 2022 (from 38% to 57%).

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Medical Billing Health Insurance Electronic Medical Records 103

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

’ ” An application Programing Interface is a set of protocols and definitions allowing digital services and products to communicate with each other over the Internet. The test was conducted over two weeks with six months of static code analysis. Sidebar on “what is an ‘API?’

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Bill of Health

APRIL 29, 2022

A hospital or health insurer that invests in an employment program has no hope of recapturing presumed economic gains. Both the diagnosis and definitions of Long COVID accepted under the ADA limit eligibility , but there is hope that in the future these criteria will expand to include patients’ lived experiences.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. In the U.S., So what is primary care, anyway?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

Video may have killed the radio star (as the Buggles once sang on MTV), but it definitely gave life to telehealth during the pandemic. Telehealth can harness and focus broadband and hospital IT investments into digital advancements for urban and rural communities.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The practices get information to help address social determinants of health via the platform as well. Four years in, the company is seeing positive results in terms of gaps in care closed, across the domains of both behavioral health and physical medicine.

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Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

In this study, the healthcare industry is comprised of five segments: hospitals and clinics; pharma; biotech (separate from pharma); consumer health (e.g., over-the-counter medicines); and, health insurance. Amazon is also piloting selling health insurance in India. As health consumers in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

The latest survey from Definitive Healthcare found that about 40% of healthcare professionals plan to incorporate AI and machine learning into their daily operations in the next two years , while 73% of organizations already using AI plan to expand their use.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 29, 2022

The intruder accessed compromised information, including name, address, phone numbers, health insurance information, and medical information related to eye care services – protected health information. Health insurance information. The breach quickly disabled systems. . Email addresses. Dates of birth.

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Ransomware Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Health Insurance 98

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Many digital payment solutions also have customer support features with 24/7 service that allows patients to ask questions about what they owe when they have to make payments, and what can also be covered by outside parties (like their health insurance). Digital Payments in the Healthcare Industry.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 17, 2019

While two-thirds of consumers say they understand their insurance coverage, only one-half of them can correctly answer questions about the definition of premiums and deductibles. The reality is that patients really are big payors in American health care. Add patients to that definition. Traditionally the U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Health care segments — ambulatory care, hospitals, and health insurance, along with health and personal care stores (pharmacies/drug stores) rank well below consumers’ satisfaction with beers, cars, and banks.

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American Medical Compliance

APRIL 17, 2024

Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people aged 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and also people with End-Stage Renal disease. The following Understanding Medicare Training educates healthcare providers and patients on the purpose of the Medicare program in the United States.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Doctors often refer to the “golden hour,” which is the concept that a patient needs to receive definitive care within an hour of injury to increase their chances of survival. visited an HRSA health center. live in low-cost health center deserts. of residents lacking health insurance. Social Determinants of Health.

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