HIPAA Journal

MARCH 16, 2022

This is the first settlement to be reached under the DOJ Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative, which was launched in 2021. CHS was also alleged to have been made aware of several HIPAA breaches but failed to disclose them.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Questions are often sent to HIPAA Journal about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, one of which is how HIPAA has improved healthcare. In this article, I explain some of the main ways that healthcare has been improved by HIPAA for healthcare providers, health plans, and patients.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 27, 2023

This is the third article in the ‘Benefits of HIPAA’ series, this time around exploring how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its subsequent amendments have benefited patients. A World of Change for Patients It has now been 27 years since HIPAA was signed into law by President Clinton.

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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). As well as its payment processing activities, Stripe provides billing, identity verification, and fraud management services.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 18, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights is the main enforcer of HIPAA compliance; however, state Attorneys General also play a role in enforcing compliance with the Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). million individuals and for delayed breach notifications.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

There are – and always have been – gaps in HIPAA and, after more than a quarter of a century, some have yet to be addressed. Most of the gaps in HIPAA are attributable to omissions from the original Act, provisions of HIPAA and HITECH that have never been enacted, and the increasing use of technology in healthcare.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2023

A New York law firm that suffered a LockBit ransomware attack has agreed to pay a financial penalty of $200,000 to the New York Attorney General to resolve alleged violations of New York General Business Law and the Privacy and Security Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2023

One of the challenges with developing HIPAA was to create rules that would correct inefficiencies and get the healthcare system working more harmoniously. The way that HIPAA needed to be written has naturally led to the legislation receiving a lot of criticism. How HIPAA has Benefited Healthcare Organizations.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 15, 2023

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigates all reported breaches of the protected health information of 500 or more individuals and some smaller breaches to determine if the breach was caused by the failure to comply with the HIPAA Rules.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

Many articles discussing what does HIPAA stand for fail to give a complete answer. Most state that HIPAA is an acronym of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and that it led to the development of standards for the privacy of Protected Health Information. Tackling the Cost Implications of HIPAA.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has issued a bulletin confirming that the use of third-party tracking technologies on websites, web applications, and mobile apps without a business associate agreement (BAA) is a HIPAA violation if the tracking technology collects and transmits individually identifiable health information.

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Compliancy Group

MAY 27, 2022

Here’s a roundup of recent HIPAA breach lawsuits and settlements. Lawsuits Increasing Following HIPAA Breaches – Facts and Figures. Let’s Simplify Compliance HIPAA and cybersecurity go hand-in-hand. × HIPAA Compliance Simplified. No damages have been claimed, but the lawsuit requests a jury trial.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Schneck Medical Center has agreed to pay a penalty of $250,000 to resolve alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state laws and will implement additional safeguards to prevent further data breaches.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2022

It has been another bad year for healthcare data breaches, with some of the biggest HIPAA breaches of 2022 resulting in the impermissible disclosure of well over a million records. The Biggest HIPAA Breaches of 2022. The 12 biggest HIPAA breaches of 2022 affected almost 22.66 million patients and health plan members.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 25, 2022

With at least six weeks before final numbers are in, the Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool website is reporting 713 major healthcare data breaches in 2021, an increase of more than 7.5 We may look back at 2021 as the year when we moved from the era of identity theft to identity fraud.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 30, 2023

The National HIPAA Summit is the leading forum on healthcare EDI, privacy, breach notification, confidentiality, data security, and HIPAA compliance, and the deadline for registration for the Virtual 40th National HIPAA Summit is fast approaching.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 29, 2023

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights released guidance in 2022 on HIPAA and website tracking technologies and confirmed disclosures of protected health information to third parties via website tracking technologies is a HIPAA violation unless authorization has been received from patients or if there is a valid business associate agreement in place.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 4, 2024

The HIPAA rules and regulations are the standards and implementation specifications adopted by federal agencies to streamline healthcare transactions and protect the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information. This guide explains why the HIPAA rules and regulations exist, what they consist of, and who they apply to.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft protection services have been offered to affected individuals. Notification letters were sent on October 31, 2022, and qualified patients have been offered credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity restoration services at no cost.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

" Community also said that the investigation has not found evidence that misuse or fraud has occurred as a result of the breach, and it "cannot say with certainty what information was involved."

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In another legal case, a “moon” emoji was found to be possible evidence of securities fraud. Finally, emojis raise legal issues as a new form of data subject to HIPAA compliance, as well as accessibility concerns for the visually impaired. This year a “thumbs-up” emoji was found to be part of a legally binding contract.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 1, 2022

Under HIPAA, healthcare providers are permitted to disclose an individual’s protected health information to another HIPAA-covered entity or a third-party vendor for reasons related to treatment, payment, or healthcare operations, and in such cases, consent is not required from the patient.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Non-compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) shredding requirements puts patients, employees, and your organization at risk for privacy breaches, fraud, and other threats. Removing old or invalid documents requires compliance with HIPAA.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

They face an imminent and increased risk of identity theft and fraud since their sensitive data is now in the hands of cybercriminals, and have and will continue to need to spend time and money protecting themselves from fraud, identity theft, and medical identity theft.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 11, 2024

OIG in healthcare stands for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) – the Office within the HHS responsible for reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in HHS programs and improving efficiency.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 3, 2024

The HIPAA transactions and code sets rules have the objective of replacing non-standard descriptions of healthcare activities with standard formats for each type of activity in order to streamline administrative processes, lower operating costs, and improve the quality of data. diagnoses, procedures, and drugs). Health Care Claims Status.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 9, 2024

The lawsuit alleges the plaintiff and class members face an ongoing risk of fraud, identity theft, and other misuses of their sensitive information as a result of the data breach. The post LivaNova Facing Multiple Class Action Lawsuits Over October 2023 Cyberattack appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 15, 2024

Among the various areas of compliance, Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) compliance stands out as a critical pillar. The Department of Justice recently revealed charges against 78 individuals involved in healthcare fraud schemes.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 20, 2022

The notification letters state that credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services are being offered through Kroll for 12 months at no cost. The post Adaptive Health Integrations Data Breach Affects More than 510,000 Individuals appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights announced a series of enforcement actions against entities that violated, or potentially violated, one or more HIPAA rules. This HIPAA 2024 Year in Review article discusses these actions. Monitor and safeguard its health information systems activity.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

EHRs usually contain all the information required for multiple types of fraud, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, other government and state ID numbers, health data, and health insurance information. All data sent to cloud services must be properly protected to comply with HIPAA.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 30, 2022

The lawsuit alleges the sensitive information of the plaintiff and class members is now in the hands of cybercriminals, including their names, contact information, Social Security numbers, bank account information, and health information and they now face an imminent and future risk of identity theft and fraud.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2023

This was in response to the growing level of healthcare fraud and abuse and an alleged “compliance disconnect” at the executive level in many hospitals and health systems. The biggest influence for the creation of the seven elements of a compliance program (fraud prevention) is sometimes overlooked.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 24, 2023

If a system security breach is discovered, a prompt investigation should be conducted to determine the likelihood that personal information has been or will be misused for identity theft or fraud. The post Utah Updates Data Breach Notification Requirements appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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MedTrainer

JULY 25, 2024

Adhering to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards is crucial to uphold compliance and regulatory requirements for any health organization. What Is HIPAA? HIPAA, enacted in 1996, originally aimed to improve health insurance portability and reduce healthcare fraud.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Steven Brown, ACLU of RI Executive Director, told HIPAA Journal, “To this day, it remains unclear how and why UHC provided RIPTA with the personal and healthcare information of non-RIPTA state employees, and why it took over four months for RIPTA to notify both their employees and other affected individuals that their information had been hacked.”.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 29, 2024

Patients face the threat of identity theft, financial fraud, and emotional distress. Impact of the Data Breach The leaked data could potentially lead to: Identity theft and financial fraud: Patients whose personal information was exposed are at risk of becoming victims of financial crimes.

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