The HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2024

Suspicious activity was detected in an employee’s email account on November 3, 2023, and after securing the account, a forensic investigation was launched to determine the nature and scope of the activity. The post Email Breach Affects 22,000 Ambulatory Surgery Center of Westchester Patients appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2024

The nature of the access was not disclosed; however, Providence said there is an active investigation by the California Department of Insurance. The review confirmed that only names, State IDs, driver’s license numbers, and health insurance coverage information were accessed.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2024

Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, LLC (BerryDunn) provides health data analytics services to healthcare providers, health insurers, and government regulatory and healthcare policy agencies and its clients provide BerryDunn with personal and health data to allow the firm to perform its contracted services.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority Email Account Breach The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority (UW Health) recently provided an update on a security incident that was detected in late 2023. 20, 2023, and Dec. 20, 2023, and Dec.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2024

An investigation was launched which determined that between November 2, 2023, and March 29, 2024, the vendor accessed and downloaded information from a Kairos database. The post Protected Health Information Stolen in HealthEquity SharePoint Breach appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 3, 2024

They confirmed that an unauthorized actor gained access to its network on October 8, 2023, and maintained access until the breach was detected. The post Texas Retina Associates Cyberattack Affects 312,000 Patients appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 9, 2024

SouthCoast Health and Privia Medical Group in Georgia have notified patients about a cyberattack and data breach that occurred in June 2023. The post SouthCoast Health; Call 4 Health Notify Patients About Cyberattacks appeared first on The HIPAA Journal. During that time, files on the network were viewed or copied.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

OPMT said, “Even though it is not specifically required by HIPAA, we will offer identity theft protection services to all affected individuals; we feel that this is an important precaution to protect our patients.” On October 26, 2023, Advarra discovered suspicious activity in an employee’s user account.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That’s the mantra coming out of this week’s annual Capitol Conference convened by the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP). FYI you might know of NABIP by its former acronym, NAHU, the National Association of Health Underwriters).

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2024

The Health Breach Notification Rule applies to vendors of personal health records (PHRs) and related entities that are not covered by HIPAA and requires them to notify individuals in the event of a breach of unsecured personally identifiable health data, and in some cases, also notify the media.

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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. Check out the 2023 ICD-10 updates here.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

The breach was detected on June 20, 2023, and it was determined that patient data may have been accessed or acquired by the unauthorized third party, although no specific evidence of data access or data theft was identified. County Department of Health Services Email Accounts appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

APRIL 28, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its plan to end the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 on May 11, 2023. Some of these changes have become permanent or extended beyond the end of the PHE due to Congressional action, while some waivers will expire on May 11, 2023. Reimbursement A.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

billion in loans to healthcare providers under its temporary funding program to help ease the financial strain caused by delays to the processing of insurance claims and providers will have 45 days to pay back the loans. United Health Group has also confirmed that it has paid out more than $3.3 40% of the $3.3

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

In the program’s FAQs, one question clearly addresses this, transparently and in layperson’s terms: Q: “Do I need health insurance to use GNC Health?” ” A: “Nope — insurance isn’t needed or accepted.” Here’s the list of those top-of-mind healthcare worries for U.S.

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

AUGUST 2, 2024

This prospect gives fresh urgency to questions such as what uses of patient data should be permissible, who should own the data, and how secure the data are against violations of privacy, including those covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). They don’t want an impersonal experience.

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Arkenea

AUGUST 16, 2024

So, to avoid this, regulatory bodies have implemented regulations such as HIPAA, FDA, HITRUST, FHIR, and more. HCA Healthcare In July 2023, a Tennessee hospital and clinic operator was breached by threat actors who obtained and removed data from an external storage location containing formatted emails and calendar reminders for patients.

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Arkenea

AUGUST 15, 2024

So, to avoid this, regulatory bodies have implemented regulations such as HIPAA, FDA, HITRUST, FHIR, and more. HCA Healthcare In July 2023, a Tennessee hospital and clinic operator was breached by threat actors who obtained and removed data from an external storage location containing formatted emails and calendar reminders for patients.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 5, 2024

According to EverHealth , one of the most important considerations is the software “must comply with healthcare regulations and standards, such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) in the United States, to ensure patient data is protected and privacy is maintained.” This saves time and effort.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Entering 2023, U.S. Our unifying human field theory starting off 2023 is being sick of being sick. Financial health beats physical health priorities entering 2023. We enter 2023 with home economics setting our tables as a context for our overall health and well-being. 2023’s journey toward value in health care.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

Background to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy HIPAA already contains provisions that restrict and prevent certain uses and disclosures of protected health information, including information related to reproductive healthcare; however, since the overturning of Roe v.

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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.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 1, 2024

The exposed data included full names, addresses, healthcare providers, medical record numbers, treatment/prescription information, dates of medical services, other health insurance information, and patient’s facility/account numbers. One of those lawsuits, Bonnie Maser v. Leineweber.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

Back in 1996 a law was passed that was supposed to make it easy to move your health insurance from employer to employer. It was called HIPAA (the first 3 letters stand for Health Insurance Portability–you didn’t know that, did you!). And no it didn’t help make insurance portable. Michael might still be, of course.

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CareerStep

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The American Medical Association (AMA) reported that as of spring of 2023, the U.S. They’re used for billing and insurance reasons. Think of it as a simplified language for a patient’s medical history, because every doctor and insurance company in the U.S But, what do medical coders and billers do?

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