HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Avalon Healthcare has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state laws with the Oregon and Utah Attorneys General that were uncovered during an investigation of a 2019 breach of the personal and protected health information of 14,500 of its employees and patients.

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Verisys

MARCH 6, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Enforces regulations like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to ensure patient data privacy and security. In another case, Californias Providence Medical Institute was fined $240,000 for violating HIPAA Security Rules, which led to a data breach. Sources: ADA.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 2, 2023

The settlements pursued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are for egregious violations of HIPAA Rules. Settlements are also pursued to highlight common HIPAA violations to raise awareness of the need to comply with specific aspects of HIPAA Rules. Are Data Breaches HIPAA Violations?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

To facilitate the patient sessions, the center set up a couple of rooms with televisions, computers, webcams and so forth to conduct HIPAA-compliant Zoom and Vee-See sessions with the newly contracted physicians. This setup has worked well for the mental health center over the last few years. To read this special report, click here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

” The only HIPAA-compliant vendor Upstate had immediate access to and currently was using was WebEx. Upstate broadened its license and provisioned all clinical areas with access, starting with clinicians. This allowed providers and staff to call into COVID-19 rooms from the nursing station.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The PII includes the name, date of birth, contact information (such as the address, telephone, and email), financial information (bank information), and government identifier (social security, driver’s license #). What if the public address systems used to seek emergency codes go down, and a physician or nurse is immediately required?

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In early December of 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it has issued a $548,625 civil monetary penalty (CMP) against Childrens Hospital Colorado (CHC), for the latters HIPAA compliance trip-ups: violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Over the course of a weekend, staff created a workflow through HIPAA-compliant Zoom so that providers could carry out appointments via videoconferencing. “Using Zoom, we were able to conduct HIPAA-compliant telehealth appointments during the first months of the pandemic,” said Ann Tucker, CEO of Portland Community Health Center.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 6, 2023

The types of information exposed varied from individual to individual and may have included names, addresses, medical information, health insurance information, Medicaid identification numbers, driver’s licenses, account and routing numbers, and Social Security numbers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2022

Remote patient monitoring allows patients to monitor their blood pressure, weight, oxygen saturation, symptoms and medication adherence in real time at home with a dedicated registered nurse who actively outreaches to patients as needed. Because of this, it hired a full-time employee to monitor the patient panel. " RESULTS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The IT vendors that Harbor used to provide telehealth services include IDSolutions, which provided a HIPAA-compliant video platform (Vidyo), and Streamline Healthcare Solutions, which provided Harbor’s web-based electronic health record, SmartCare. ” PROPOSAL. ” Harbor established a diverse, interdepartmental logistics team.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 26, 2023

HIPAA enforcement discretion occurs when the Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the Department will exercise discretion in the enforcement of HIPAA Rules. Typically, Notices of Enforcement Discretion last between 72 hours and 60 days, are state or region-specific and apply to specific provisions of the HIPAA Rules.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2022

"Utilizing a Chromebook and HIPAA-compliant communications platform such as Zoom or Google Meets, team members can reach a Hackensack Meridian Health psychiatrist who can diagnose, prescribe and provide recommendations on next steps for patients. Calling the psychiatrist. FCC funds for telehealth.

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Health Care Performance

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The scheme 25 people were charged with wire fraud – administrators and employees of three Florida nursing schools as well as recruiters. The recruiters sought out individuals that were willing to pay $10,000 to $15,000 for fake nursing school documents that allowed them to take national nursing licensure examinations.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2023

Majestic Care – Hacking incident Majestic Care, a provider of community-based skilled nursing throughout Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan, has confirmed that it was the victim of a hacking incident in December 2022 that disrupted access to its information systems.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 3, 2023

a provider of skilled nursing care at three inpatient facilities in Pennsylvania – The Atrium in Johnstown, Beacon Ridge in Indiana, and The Patriot in Somerset – have been affected by a cyberattack that was detected on April 24, 2023. The Williamsport Home, a retirement village in Pennsylvania, and Senior Choice, Inc.,

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Cornell Scott-Hill's clinical leadership and IT collaborated to identify viable, HIPAA-compliant platforms that were rapidly rolled out across the health center. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. Click here to read the special report.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Medical data security conversation always includes the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Uncompromising HIPAA regulations are developed to protect one’s privacy and sensitive personal data, so the violations entail severe and expensive consequences. On-demand nursing. Privacy Rule and Telemedicine. Yet, these waivers are temporary.

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MedTrainer

JULY 28, 2022

Changes include filtering by: Regulatory Bodies – CMS, HIPAA, OSHA, OIG. NUCC Provider Group – Dental providers, Nursing service providers. Every provider needs a DEA license verification. License documents automatically uploaded to provider profile. New Course Catalog. 2-3 minutes versus 10+ minutes.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 13, 2023

But for those in the healthcare industry, sharing the wrong thing could result in a HIPAA violation. Here are a few examples of how a seemingly innocent social media post can go wrong and result in a HIPAA violation. Social Media and HIPAA – The Basics. PHI is the focus of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which demands limited access.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 9, 2024

a Delray Beach, FL-based medical call center operator and nurse triage service provider, has recently issued individual notifications to individuals affected by a data security incident that occurred on March 20, 2024. The post SouthCoast Health; Call 4 Health Notify Patients About Cyberattacks appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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Healthcare Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Let’s explore some of the common obstacles encountered by healthcare organizations, higher education institutions, and businesses: Healthcare Regulatory Complexity: Healthcare organizations must navigate a complex web of federal and state regulations, such as HIPAA, OSHA, state-specific licensing requirements, and Medicare swing bed rules.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 29, 2022

Aliso Viejo-based Covenant Care California, an operator of skilled nursing facilities and a provider of home health services in California and Nevada, has announced that an unauthorized third party has gained access to its email system, and potentially viewed or obtained electronic protected health information.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

HIPAA Journal is conducting interviews with healthcare professionals and service providers to find out more about their compliance journeys, how the HIPAA Rules have affected their working lives, and the successes and challenges they have faced with HIPAA compliance. As a teenager, I volunteered in hospitals and nursing homes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

The organization also uses a custom-developed, HIPAA-compliant photo-sharing platform. Innovative care models including fetal cardiology, seizure-rescue-medication teaching for school nurses, and virtual nurse visits to reduce post-discharge readmissions. Patient-family experience, overall, 86.3%

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 13, 2023

Esquivel says, “ixlayer partners with CLIA-accredited laboratories and performs a rigorous vetting process of their validations protocols and operational capabilities from the licensing perspective on a state-by-state basis. A number of tests, including the PCR test for COVID-19, require nurses or other trained staff.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 7, 2025

An addiction treatment center in Utah and an Ohio nursing center have been forced to pay civil monetary penalties after employing individuals on the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) exclusion list. A settlement was agreed that involved a civil monetary penalty of $243,000.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Many personal information flows don’t fall under the HIPAA umbrella if the company isn’t a business associate. They are licensed, trained, and tested for service. Furthermore, this week Google made news about how it will absorb the DeepMind AI business into the larger Google Health unit.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Covenant Care California Assessing Scope of Cyberattack Covenant Care California, LLC, which operates skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies throughout California and Nevada, has confirmed there has been unauthorized access to files containing the personal and protected health information of patients and other individuals.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

We sat down with Cedric Savarese, Founder and CEO of FormAssembly , a user-friendly and HIPAA-compliant forms platform, to learn the ins and outs of form building and why healthcare IT leaders should prioritize secure data collection at their organization. No-code / Low-code.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This training is for nurses and those who have an administrative background whose goal is to become administrators. Assisted Living Education and Training Employees of assisted living facilities do not have the same level of exposure to infectious diseases and bloodborne pathogens as the workers of long-term care facilities and nursing homes.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 12, 2025

More than 15,000 patients of Stram Center for Integrative Medicine have potentially been affected by an insider incident, SSK Plastic Surgery has disclosed a 2024 cyberattack, and The Grove at Valhalla Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has been affected by a security incident at one of its vendors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

"Up to the start of COVID-19, almost all telehealth services were offered in facilities; the place of service was a clinic, hospital and skilled nursing facility," said Chris Meyer, director of telehealth at Marshfield Clinic Health System. MCHS had licensing in place and the ability to rapidly roll it out to 1,500 providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Mateusz Krempa, COO at Piwik Pro Broader reflection and discussion on HIPAA-compliant technologies would help the industry see beyond popular solutions and identify tools that balance successful data processing with regulatory requirements. The following is what they had to share with us. advertising platforms).

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2023

could see a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2033 and will need to hire at least 200,000 nurses per year to meet increased demand and to replace retiring nurses. Information on license costs, projected revenue savings, and proposed returns on investments should be modeled. It’s estimated that the U.S.

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MedTrainer

JUNE 10, 2024

Domestic violence training is required based on licensing. Provide required and often hard-to-find CE courses for licensed employees. California also requires all individuals who are considered mandated reporters under California law to receive training. Included in this blog post are the results of an audit on California requirements.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

The cyberattack resulted in unauthorized data access of patient names, contact information, driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, birth dates, health insurance policy numbers, and limited health information. In the first incident, in October 2021, an Alabama clinic’s cyberattack affected over 228,000 individuals.

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