The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

Data Breach Insights Healthcare accounted for 28% of data breach incidents, followed by finance and insurance (17%), business and professional services (15%), and education (13%). In 2023 there was a notable reduction in enforcement actions over HIPAA Right of Access violations (4) than the average of 14 over the previous three years.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 17, 2025

The first unauthorized access occurred in February 2021 and continued until February 2023. In addition, the files accessed by the former employee contained names, contact information, dates of birth, health insurance information, and Social Security numbers. The lawsuit seeks a jury trial and compensatory and punitive damages.

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Arkenea

MARCH 29, 2025

Having a profound understanding of the HIPAA rules puts you one step ahead in the healthcare sector. HIPAA risk assessment ensures that ePHI is protected from threats and vulnerabilities such as fraud, data breaches, financial scams, identity thefts, etc. Nearly 45 million records were exposed or stolen in 2021.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 7, 2025

Apria Healthcare, an Indianapolis-based provider of home healthcare equipment and related services, has agreed to pay $6,400,000 to resolve all claims related to data breaches in 2019 and 2021 that affected 1,869,598 individuals. A further hacking incident was experienced in 2021 and was disclosed by Apria Healthcare in May 2023.

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HIPAA Documentation Insurance Medication 81

Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Medical insurance verification software is developed to automate the process of verifying patients’ insurance coverages. This software is connected to the insurance company’s database to retrieve real-time data on a patient’s insurance status. In 2022, 92.1 percent of people, or 304.0 percent and 36.1

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Insurance EHR / EMR Medication Patient Satisfaction 52

Valant

JULY 29, 2024

Altered mental status, unspecified (R41.82) is a billable ICD-10 diagnostic code under HIPAA regulations from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. This code is acceptable to insurers when used to describe a marked change in mental health status not attributable to other factors. Clinicians should only use the R41.82

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Diagnostics Insurance HIPAA Medication 97

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). Health Populi’s Hot Points: Everyone of Manatt Health’s ten imperatives are spot-on in this moment as we segue from Our Covid Year of 2020 to the Covid Year of 2021. Help our children achieve their potential. Innovate long-term care. Accelerate digital health.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

As digital health industry stakeholders will be convening at the 2021 annual HIMSS conference in Las Vegas and digitally, this report is well-timed to give us a level-set on just “where” U.S. The Pew team surveyed 1,213 adults ages 18 and over in June and July 2020, interviewing in English and Spanish. Patients in the U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

Most of these live video calls were also done through a service offered by consumers’ health care providers (doctors/clinicians), followed by services offered by insurance companies. Willingness in sharing health data with insurers, pharmacies, research institutions all fell between 2019 and 2020.

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Follow-Up Hospital Insurance Medication 174

Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2022

For some historical context, the authors (all affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania [medical school or Wharton (business school)] start with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which served up privacy protections based on the health information technology of the time. In the U.S.,

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HIPAA Medication Insurance Communication 77

Arkenea

APRIL 10, 2025

Faster TimetoMarket In a health insurance policy management system project, a client achieved a fourmonth launch timeline by outsourcing development and QA to a dedicated vendor. This rapid turnaround was possible due to the vendors agile processes, continuous integration pipelines, and prebuilt compliance frameworks for HIPAA and GDPR.

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Tests Communication Documentation Follow-Up 52

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2025

In May 2021, a patient presented at the Baptist ED via ambulance after being found unresponsive in a parking lot. In May 2021, a third patient presented to the ED who had plans to overdose. The post HHS-OIG Fines Two Healthcare Providers for EMTALA Violations appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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Triage Medical History Hospital HIPAA 46

Valant

APRIL 17, 2024

Not only is it a map for treating a client, it is necessary for compliance with insurance and governmental mandates. The Multi-Faceted Challenge of Counseling Treatment Plans A 2021 analysis of treatment planning for clients with serious mental illness (SMI) bears out the idea that good treatment planning is easier said than done.

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Documentation Best Practices HIPAA Collaboration 102

Arkenea

MARCH 14, 2025

In 2021, the number of healthcare apps on Google Play Store stands at 53,054. However, any protected health information (PHI) that your app collects or stores needs to be safeguarded against malicious forces to remain compliant under HIPAA regulations. The healthcare mobile industry is rapidly transforming right before our eyes.

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EHR / EMR HIPAA Appointments Follow-Up 52

Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

Since it includes patients’ data or ePHI (Protected Health Information), it’s essential to encompass HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) rules during the e-prescription software development process. HIPAA regulations safeguard ePHI on physical, technical, and administrative levels.

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Transfers Medical History HIPAA Follow-Up 52

Arkenea

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Secure and HIPAA-Compliant When we’re dealing with patients’ medical histories and other sensitive data, it’s not just about privacy; it’s about trust. Adherence to HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) requirements is non-negotiable for a mobile EHR application. or GDPR in the EU.

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Tests Medical History HIPAA Best Practices 52

Health Populi

JULY 31, 2023

Health plans under-perform on trust and personal health data, as only 2 in 5 of patients are comfortable sharing their medical records with their health insurers. The biggest drops in confidence between 2018 and 2021 occurred with peoples’ trust in Facebook, Amazon, and Google above other institutions.

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Insurance Medication HIPAA 62

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

CES 2021 featured some obvious quick-pivoting products that had the pandemic written all over them, with sessions invariably speaking to the way the public health crisis impacted companies and strategic plans. Joining Peloton in connected fitness at CES 2021 was NordicTrack, which recently announced its purchase of Precor.

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The HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Planned Parenthood has now confirmed that the compromised data included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, health insurance information, and/or clinical information, including provider name(s), date(s) of service, diagnosis information, treatment information, and/or prescription information.

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HIPAA Documentation Insurance Medication 95

Arkenea

DECEMBER 2, 2024

According to a report published by Chime, 83 percent of acute care organizations stated high use of patient portals by users in 2021, as compared to 74 percent in 2020. The appointment scheduler can link patient records including insurance data, treatment history, and other records. at any given time.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Their knowledge of insurance coverage, regulations in patient assistance, and health policy empowers healthcare providers with tools that reduce hurdles in treatment access. Reactive case management occurs when prior authorization for treatment is denied, affecting timeliness of patient treatment (Braxton, 2024)(DeMarzo & Ayoub, 2021).

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Documentation Medication Billing Follow-Up 52

Health Populi

APRIL 5, 2021

With such turbocharged growth on the supply side, Beazley, experts in specialty insurance, explores the risks of digital health and wellness in a new report, Digital health, telehealth and wellness: Attitudes to risk and insurance. The two key risks were client complaints due to misrepresentation, and cyber-attack or system failure.

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Insurance Patient Records Collaboration Medication 98

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

Payors, both commercial and public sector (Medicare, Medicaid), have relaxed rules and regulations for telehealth across platforms (from purpose-built telemedicine programs to HIPAA-relaxed approvals for using FaceTime, Zoom, and other commercial channels), and have various plans to pay for virtual care visits between clinicians and patients.

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Valant

APRIL 21, 2025

For example, staff members who handle billing need insurance information, but not detailed clinical notes. HIPAA-compliant messaging systems keep patient communication secure. In addition to HIPAA, behavioral health providers must also comply with applicable state laws and insurance regulations.

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HIPAA Patient Records Best Practices Documentation 66

The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

If you missed it read Part 1 By JEFF GOLDSMITH The late 1990s crash of HMOs opened the door to a major consolidation of the health insurance market controlled largely by national and super-regional health plans. HIPAA markedly accelerated the use of electronic data interchange (EDI) in healthcare, to the great advantage of health insurers.

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