HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 30, 2023

The event provides a tremendous opportunity for learning through HIPAA workforce training sessions and keynote speeches from top government officials and leading industry professionals. These groups cover privacy and HIPAA compliance best practices, HIPAA breach trends, and HIPAA enforcement initiatives and breach trends.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Definition of HIPAA Breaches A simple oversight or event may qualify as a HIPAA breach. Here are a few examples from the HHS website: A municipal social service agency disclosed PHI while processing Medicaid applications. Either way, you must log every breach as it happens. You can view the full list of HHS examples here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 11, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services works to ensure the integrity of federal healthcare programs and to safeguard the health and welfare of those programs' beneficiaries. And I think it's important for us to recognize that we don't know a whole lot right now.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Most of the data that we are looking to share is highly sensitive health information, the kind of information that cybercriminals love to hold for ransom. Department of Health and Human Services to be much more active in the enforcement of healthcare privacy following recent, and increasing, events like the data breach with Change Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 7, 2023

Having the latest medication information is key to reducing medication related adverse events. 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. Tell us what you think. Contact us here or on Twitter at @hcitoday.

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Healthcare has its own near-miss events where a complication or medical error causes injury but the patient survives. What are near-miss events in healthcare? In this blog, we’ll describe near-miss events and how incident reporting software helps healthcare organizations better understand causes and ways to prevent future problems.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2024

Federal guidelines like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) outline the responsibility of healthcare providers when it comes to creating, analyzing, and distributing Protected Health Information (PHI). In some cases, social engineering can be used as an avenue for ransomware and malware attacks.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 10, 2024

Stripe is not HIPAA compliant and – other than its payment processing services – should not be used by covered entities and business associates to create, collect, store, or transmit Protected Health Information (PHI). Stripe complies with multiple US and International data privacy regulations (i.e., What is Stripe?

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 15, 2022

A recent survey of Compliance Officers reveals more than half feel their mental health has been negatively affected by their jobs. It highlights that Compliance Officer stress, burnout, anxiety, and other mental health issues seem to be a part of the job. Other departments have permission to fail. I can’t get anything wrong.”.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 18, 2024

Prior authorization is a hot topic for health systems, providers, and legislators. It’s here where AI can have an immediate impact, be trained on a health system’s own data, and be course-corrected to ensure highly accurate outcomes. It’s costly, inefficient, and responsible for patient care delays.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. With support for multi-cloud deployments, telemedicine and personalized health, patient and clinician devices, and IoT devices deployed in the home, perimeter security will no longer be enough. to build out their cybersecurity program.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 25, 2024

The US health system is in a desperate cybersecurity state of affairs. For example, throughout 2023 about one in three Americans were affected by health-related data breaches. Most of the largest hacks targeted vendors who bill, mail, or provide other services for hospitals, doctors, and other health providers.

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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. A worrying 29% of nurses reported feeling like they’re at their wits’ end several times a week or even daily.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

HIPAA breaches involving fewer than 500 individuals which occurred during 2021 must be reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by Tuesday, March 1, 2022. A simple oversight or event may qualify as a HIPAA breach. 35 Minutes. 32 Seconds. Definition of HIPAA Breaches.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 9, 2023

Hospitals are regulated by HIPAA through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which now requires the use of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) as the basis for cyber risk assessment. It means more work for hospitals, but it’s necessary. As a result, they have suffered financially.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

Checklist for Individual & Small Group Practices Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM This article provides an overview of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and basic checklist of policies and procedures for compliance of smaller health care organizations.

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 12, 2024

That’s TMI for me to write about in the Health Populi blog, but this story has a current-events twist: the pharmacist could not electronically link with my insurance company to transact my payment. The Department of Health and Human Services finally weighed in on the situation on March 5th.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

hours entering electronic health records (EHR data), and managing patient loads of 2,000 or more. These healthcare organizations (HCOs) will deploy task-oriented and domain-specific models that build on large-language models (LLMs), using reinforcement learning and knowledge graphs to deliver relevant, accurate, and stable data outputs.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

The burden will fall to software developers and service providers, thus elevating the data-centric approach to cybersecurity. But unfortunately that is just not the case. Instead with how deeply personal and important the information and data that we hold is in the world of healthcare, we need to be prepared for the absolute worst.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 27, 2024

Why is true inpatient coding automation the “holy grail” – as Kerry Gillespie, a former CFO at Intermountain Health and now an executive consultant at Warbird Consulting Partners, said to me at a Healthcare Financial Management Association roundtable last year? But recent developments have upended what’s possible.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Stephanie Jamison, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Greenway Health. Recent McKinsey reports reveal that telehealth use has stabilized at levels 38 times higher than before the pandemic. That all changed practically overnight when COVID-19 struck. And consumers want more. So, what’s the problem, exactly? Equitable reimbursements.

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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. The American Telemedicine Association rebranded its annual conference as ATA Nexus ; next year’s event is May 5-7 in Phoenix.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 21, 2022

The local police department reported that a woman at the nursing home was connected to an oxygen tank and tried to smoke a cigarette, causing a burst of flames that badly burned her. Staff members used blankets and fire extinguishers to put out the flames. The woman was transferred to a hospital with burns to her torso.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

An ongoing lawsuit between two health IT companies raises questions that call for more discussion. has led independent observers to predict a shake-up in health care and the potential for future lawsuits. Department of Health & Human Services should be applied. PointClickCare Technologies, Inc. )

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made educational resources available for healthcare providers to comply with federal healthcare laws and regulations. Department of Health and Human Services (hhs.gov).

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Collaborating with ethical hackers can help the healthcare sector prevent cyberattacks before they occur, ultimately safeguarding sensitive patient data, medical devices, and health delivery infrastructure. Despite our focus on security and privacy, cyber threats are continuously increasing in both number and severity.

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Health Populi

JUNE 7, 2019

The Institute convened about 300 women (and a handful of brave “He-for-She” men keen on diversity) in Orlando to learn about and brainstorm Disney’s corporate approach to intentional listening, storytelling, and inclusion – and how these values can benefit us for both our business and personal lives. Then there are other kinds of magic.

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Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) produced a new video on recognized security practices for organizations covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules.

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Medisys Compliance

JUNE 23, 2024

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is crucial for protecting patient information and maintaining trust. Enacted in 1996, HIPAA is a federal law designed to safeguard patient health information (PHI) from fraud and abuse.

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Verisys

JANUARY 19, 2022

Due to the complex nature of medical credentialing, it requires coordination between several disparate departments within an organization. According to recent surveys of major metropolitan hospitals , departments that typically share the responsibility for credentialing include: The Compliance Office. Human Resources.

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Jane Sarashon

JUNE 25, 2024

health care organizations have experienced a data breach, one-third in the last 3 years, according to Software Advice’s 2024 Healthcare Data Security Survey released in May 2024. Of the health care organizations who experienced ransomware attacks, one-third did not recover patient data from the cyber-attackers, Software Advice learned.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

Various smaller health insurance issuers have challenged the risk-adjustment program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), alleging, among other things, that its underlying methodology favors larger insurers. See Vista Health Plan, Inc. United States Dep’t of Health & Hum. The Risk-Adjustment Program.

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Total HIPAA

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Making use of cloud hosting companies’ cutting-edge technologies may offer greater security than an on-premises solution. Given that data protection is a key component of HIPAA regulations, the issue is whether HIPAA compliance can be achieved using a public cloud provider. PHI must be managed according to two major rules.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 28, 2023

In a shocking turn of events, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made an announcement that will send shockwaves through the healthcare industry. As a part of the settlement agreement between iHealth and OCR, iHealth has paid $75,000 in fines.

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JUNE 21, 2021

All organizations with any kind of access to PHI are required by The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to annually train their employees on HIPAA. All organizations with any kind of access to PHI are required by The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to annually train their employees on HIPAA.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Did you know that any HIPAA security breaches affecting less than 500 individuals in 2022 must be reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services by March 1, 2023? Definition of HIPAA Breaches A simple oversight or event may qualify as a HIPAA breach. That is just a few days away.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

Checklist for Individual & Small Group Practices Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM This article provides an overview of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and basic checklist of policies and procedures for compliance of smaller health care organizations.

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