American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 14, 2024

The HIPAA Refresher training reinforces your understanding of key HIPAA provisions, highlights recent updates, and provides practical tips for maintaining compliance in your daily operations. In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, safeguarding patient information is more critical than ever.

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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. We believe that the best way to protect that information is to not store it. So not only is it highly sensitive, it is also highly sought-after.

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Healthicity

MAY 14, 2024

The OIG is emphasizing the importance of HIPAA compliance & information blocking in its GCPG – stay in the know with our webinar and gain a CCB CEU as well.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) has recently accredited ComplianceJunction’s ‘HIPAA Training for Organizations’ training course. The training has been used by more than 1,000 healthcare organizations and over 100 universities to raise awareness of the HIPAA regulations.

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Total HIPAA

MAY 23, 2022

What is Protected Health Information (PHI)? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ) is a 1996 federal law that regulates privacy standards in the healthcare sector. Since 1996, Congress has passed additional laws to adapt HIPAA in accordance with new technological advancements. Social security number.

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Total HIPAA

APRIL 25, 2022

For organizations that deal with sensitive client or employee information, (e.g., Building a security program that can ensure the safety of information at rest, in transit, and in storage should be a top priority. Many organizations, including Total HIPAA Compliance, rely on NIST for guidance. What is NIST? What is NIST 800-50?

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Total HIPAA

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of data security and privacy, two key frameworks have emerged as significant players: HIPAA and NIST. Both emphasize the importance of safeguarding sensitive information, but they have key differences in their scope, mandate, and enforcement.

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Compliancy Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The HITECH Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to conduct periodic audits of HIPAA covered entity and business associate compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. Subsequently, OCR evaluated the effectiveness of the pilot HIPAA audit program.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 22, 2024

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) stands as a sentinel, guarding the security and privacy of patient information, but its limitations in supporting contemporary information-sharing needs must be acknowledged. Take California’s Data Exchange Framework (DxF) for example.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 25, 2023

By Rachel Nelson & Kathryn Marchesini - We often get asked about how ONC’s information blocking regulations and HHS’ Office for Civil Rights’ HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules interact with one another.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a landmark piece of legislation, but why is HIPAA compliance important? What changes did HIPAA introduce and what are the benefits to the healthcare industry and patients? Without HIPAA, employees faced a loss of insurance coverage when they were between jobs.

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Total HIPAA

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Organizations are responsible for protecting their employees’ personal information. HIPAA applies to employers when the organization has a self-funded or level-funded health plan. HIPAA applies to employers when the organization has a self-funded or level-funded health plan. appeared first on Total HIPAA Compliance.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 1, 2022

With an October 6, 2022 deadline looming, a group of hospitals and medical associations is making a last-minute plea for HHS to delay the implementation of the HIPAA Information Blocking Rule for one more year. Make Sure You’re HIPAA Compliant. Become HIPAA Compliant × Get HIPAA Compliant! Find Out More!

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Over the past few years there has been a proliferation of new technologies that collect, store, and transmit health information, including wearable devices, smart devices, and health and wellness apps.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2024

HealthEquity has confirmed a breach of its SharePoint data, which included protected health information. HealthEquity HealthEquity, a Draper, UT-based financial technology and business services company, has suffered a cyberattack that has exposed protected health information.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Aidan Simister, Co-Founder and CEO of Lepide In 2023, HIPAA fines amounted to $4,176,500, which is a rise of over $2,000,000 in 2022. So yes, HIPAA fines have doubled. So, a drastic surge in HIPAA fines raises questions about the underlying causes, and whether this is being seen the world over. So, how can we do that?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will update the HIPAA Security Rule in 2024 and will ask Congress for new laws and resources to increase civil money penalties for HIPAA violations, increase HIPAA enforcement, and conduct proactive audits.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 29, 2024

In today’s healthcare environment, ensuring compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is more crucial than ever, especially for business associates. Covered entities are directly responsible for ensuring the privacy and security of protected health information (PHI).

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 19, 2023

The main objective of HIPAA law is to protect the privacy of an individuals’ health information while at the same time permitting needed information to be disclosed for patient care and other purposes such as billing. The HIPAA Law Security Rule Another component of HIPAA compliance is the Security Rule.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2024

The HIPAA Omnibus Rule mandated modifications to the Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules in order to adopt measures passed in the HITECH Act, finalized the Breach Notification Rule, and added standards to account for the passage of the GINA Act. Strengthen the limitations on uses and disclosures of Protected Health Information.

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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. These instructions evolved into what many consider to be the HIPAA Rules and Regulations.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

All HIPAA covered entities must familiarize themselves with the HIPAA breach notification requirements and develop a breach response plan that can be implemented as soon as a breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI) is discovered. Summary of the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

To best answer the question what is a HIPAA violation, it is necessary to explain what HIPAA is, who it applies to, and what constitutes a violation; for although most people believe they know what a HIPAA compliance violation is, evidence suggests otherwise. What is HIPAA and Who Does It Apply To?

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has publicly released two reports that were submitted to Congress that provide insights into data breaches, HIPAA enforcement activity, and the state of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule compliance for calendar year 2021.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Hospitals, private practices, and other healthcare facilities must safeguard patient privacy and ensure proper collection and use of all information they collect from the people in their care. This principle is the basis for the HIPAA Privacy Rule , which requires organizations to protect against unapproved disclosure and use of PHI.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

HIPAA was enacted several years before social media networks such as Facebook and Instagram existed, so there are no specific HIPAA compliance rules for social media. There are many benefits to be gained from using social media if your organization is a HIPAA Covered Entity or Business Associate.

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Compliancy Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Healthcare compliance can’t happen without well-trained staff, and it doesn’t just happen with informed in-house employees. You must ensure that you are on top of training on information security and compliance for external workers, such as for contractors, vendors, and other parties who work with your organization.

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Compliancy Group

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In late September, Particle Health, a patient data aggregation and delivery platform that provides both data and insights to healthcare companies, filed a lawsuit against Epic Systems, a large provider of health information technology. What is Health Information Technology?

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2024

Standards relevant to HIPAA compliance for email appear throughout the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Regulations – from the applicability and preemption standards of Part 160 (the General Requirements) to the privacy, security, and breach notification standards of Part 164.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

The question “Does HIPAA Apply to Employers” is one that has provoked many different responses due to the complicated nature of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The HIPAA Privacy Rule is one of the most complicated pieces of legislation affecting the healthcare and health insurance industries.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 31, 2023

The reason the HIPAA retention requirements needs clarifying is that the distinction between HIPAA medical records retention and HIPAA record retention can be confusing. Throughout the Administrative Simplification Regulations of HIPAA, there are several references to HIPAA data retention.

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Becker's Health IT

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services submitted proposed updates to the 20-year-old HIPAA Security Rule to the White House for review, aiming to enhance the cybersecurity protections for electronic health information, GovInfoSecurity reported Oct.

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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 most complex areas of HIPAA compliance for employers are the Administrative Simplification Regulations in Title II. When is an Employer a HIPAA-Covered Entity?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Former Hospital Employees Accused of Selling Patient Information. Five former employees of Methodist Hospital in Memphis, TN, including a recently-licensed Registered Nurse, were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling medical information about car accident victims to personal injury attorneys and chiropractors.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The answer to the question are phone calls HIPAA compliant can be dependent on who is making the call, what the call concerns and who the call is to. Before discussing are phone calls HIPAA compliant, it is important to establish who HIPAA applies to. Making Other Phone Calls HIPAA Compliant.

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