The HIPAA Journal

JULY 4, 2024

SkinCure Oncology has notified 13,434 patients about an email attack that occurred in June 2023, and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services has announced a breach of the personal information of 19,150 Medicaid recipients. SkinCure Oncology believes files in those email accounts were viewed and potentially obtained in the attack.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. The ethos of the name and the intent of this law is a perfect vision for considering what we hear and learn this week coming out of the 2023 HIMSS Annual Conference as the meeting kicks off today. First, the law.

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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. Mobile Medical Response contracted with CBM Services to provide collections services.

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Healthcare Leadership Council

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Healthcare Leadership Council hosted 10 webinars in 2023 on various healthcare topics prioritized by its members. Supply chain experts discussed the logistics of the supply chain and the challenges experienced in ensuring timely delivery of medicine and medical supplies to providers and patients.

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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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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Medical insurance verification software is developed to automate the process of verifying patients’ insurance coverages. A medical insurance verification software checks for coverage benefits, copayments, deductibles, and other relevant information needed for the healthcare provider to proceed with the patient’s care.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2024

An investigation was launched in November 2023, when unauthorized access was suspected. The post Insider Breaches Reported by Providence Mission Heritage Endocrinology & Samaritan Health Services appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services’ employees were targeted in a recent phishing campaign, and almost 2,800 Catholic Medical Center patients have been affected by a data breach at one of its vendors. diagnosis/condition, treatment, test results, medications), and/or health plan information.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2024

On September 14, 2023, RMN notified HAPG that it had identified suspicious activity on its network, including in the systems it manages for HAPG. Million Record MSP Data Breach appeared first on HIPAA Journal. The post Health Data Analytics Firm Reports 1.1-Million

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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 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

MAY 1, 2024

While ransomware groups were a major threat in 2023 and were behind some of 2023’s largest data breaches, there was a slight decline in attacks year-over-year. Verizon said threat actors are increasingly targeting personal information over medical data.

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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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Practice Builders

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Adapting Healthcare Marketing Strategies: Post-Pandemic Realities and HIPAA Evolution In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers face challenges with fearful and homebound patients reluctant to seek essential care. Greetings from a future in which healthcare is an experience rather than merely a business.

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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. Check out the 2023 ICD-10 updates here. ICD-10 Code for Altered Mental Status In this blog post, Valant discusses the ICD-10 code for Altered Mental Status.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

The HHS Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) has issued a warning to the public about a fraud scheme that targets Medicare enrollees and involves them setting up monthly payments for medically unnecessary remote patient monitoring (RPN). billion in 2023.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

OCR recently announced that due to the impact of the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, the decision had been taken to investigate Change Healthcare promptly to establish whether it was compliant with the HIPAA Rules. military medical health agency. health system,” said Andrew Witty, CEO, UnitedHealth Group. “All

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 5, 2024

The medical billing market is growing fast. This growth shows just how vital medical billing is becoming. Choosing the right medical billing software is crucial in healthcare management. In this article, we’ll make choosing the right medical billing software easy. Medical billing software comes with many helpful features.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.”

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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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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

These are commonly-prescribed generic medications — for women and men, focused on hair loss, sexual health, skin health and oral contraceptives. consumers, found in the latest Beryl Institute-Ipsos Px Pulse survey published for July 2023. Health Populi’s Hot Points: That’s a lot of “free” for $39.99

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

AUGUST 2, 2024

And I think people will be happier doing those things instead of digging through a confusing medical record.” It’s exciting that AIs might help us improve the quality of care, reduce administrative burdens, and help extricate us, as human beings, from the morass of our medical data.”

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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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Health Prime

JANUARY 24, 2024

The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with financial pressures on medical practices and the rapid adoption of technology and digitalization, are continuing to reshape the healthcare landscape for both physicians and patients. between 2023 and 2032. The year 2024 is no exception.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

Many Americans are scared their private medical information will be shared, misused, and disclosed without permission. Wade, which removed the federal right to an abortion, fears have grown that the HIPAA Rules are not sufficiently strong to prevent disclosures of reproductive health care information that could prove harmful to individuals.

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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. Which virus is it?”

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Health Populi

JULY 31, 2023

Nearly all patients are concerned about their medical records getting leaked or breached, which is The State of Patient Privacy , the title of a consumer study from Health Gorilla with a headline finding that “Patients don’t trust Big Tech with their health data.”

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

March was a particularly bad month for healthcare data breaches with 93 branches of 500 or more records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a 50% increase from February and a 41% year-over-year increase from March 2023.

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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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CareerStep

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

If you’ve ever considered a job in healthcare but don’t want to work directly with patients, medical billing and coding may be a good fit! But, what do medical coders and billers do? The American Medical Association (AMA) reported that as of spring of 2023, the U.S. And why are they in demand? uses the same codes.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

It was called HIPAA (the first 3 letters stand for Health Insurance Portability–you didn’t know that, did you!). In the letter Epic named 4 companies who were using Particle’s data in a way it didn’t like– Reveleer and MDPortals (who are one not two companies as they merged in 2023 before this issue started), Novellia and Integritort.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2023

The product earned honors for a prestigious 2023 CES Innovation Award, recognized by reviewers as a front-runner in digital health tech at this year’s conference. The launch will be sometime in the second quarter of 2023 beginning in Europe; the U.S. launch date to be determined based on FDA clearance timing.

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Mobius MD

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Nobody went to medical school so they could spend hours a day entering data into an EHR. The democratization of generative AI in 2023 led to many new players in the space, but a few companies have been working on ACI for nearly a decade. The HIPAA-compliant software writes 80% of your clinical notes simply by listening.

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