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HIPAA Compliance Checklist For Healthcare Leaders

MedTrainer

Adhering to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards is crucial to uphold compliance and regulatory requirements for any health organization. This act safeguards patients’ protected health information (PHI) and health plans and defines security and privacy regulations regarding patient data.

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Patient Data Compromised in 5 Hacking Incidents, Ransomware Attacks, and Break-ins

HIPAA Journal

Salud Family Health said affected employees and patients have been offered free credit monitoring and identity fraud protection services, and security policies and procedures are being reviewed and will be updated to protect against future cyberattacks. New York-Presbyterian Hospital Discovers Breach Affecting up to 12,000 Patients.

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Spokane Regional Health District Announces Second Phishing Attack in 3 Months

HIPAA Journal

Last week, SRHD confirmed that the email account contained the protected health information of 1,260 individuals. That information may have been ‘previewed’ by an unauthorized individual, although no evidence was found to suggest information had been accessed or downloaded.

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Employee Compliance Training for Healthcare

MedTrainer

Specific topic areas include: HIPAA: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a federal law that governs the privacy and security of patient health information. Successful training is when team members understand and comply with various laws, regulations, and policies that govern the healthcare industry.

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Everything You Need To Know About NPI Numbers

Verisys

Providers, employers, health plans, and payers use these numbers for billing purposes. CMS.gov The Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the creation of a standard, unique health identifier for healthcare providers, which the NPI satisfies.

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Physician Coding and Billing Enforcement: What to Watch For

YouCompli

For more insights from the Compliance Institute, download our white paper on how compliance professionals can help healthcare institutions mitigate risk.). In March of 2022, a New Jersey rheumatologist was convicted by a federal jury for defrauding Medicare and other health insurance programs. Conclusion.

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$3 Million Settlement Proposed to Resolve 20/20 Eye Care Network Data Breach Lawsuit

HIPAA Journal

The forensic investigation confirmed that AWS S3 storage buckets were accessed by the attackers, the contents of those buckets were downloaded, then the data in the buckets were deleted. Class members are entitled to submit claims of up to $2,500 to recover out-of-pocket losses, including up to 10 hours of lost time at $25 per hour.

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