Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 12, 2024

More Americans had insurance in 2023 than at any other time in the nation’s history, spurring medical utilization and accelerating healthcare spending faster than growth in the overall economy, according to government projections.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 1, 2025

On October 9, 2023, Azura Vascular Care identified suspicious network activity, with the forensic investigation confirming that hackers had access to its network between September 27, 2023, and October 9, 2023, during which time they potentially stole the protected health information of patients.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2022

debt) by type: a low credit score, medical debt in collections, nonmedical debt in collections, bankruptcy, and any delinquent debt across all types. The actual costs calculated for any medical debt was an increase of 60% for individuals with no (0) chronic conditions at $784 rising to $1,252 for people with 7 to 13 conditions.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Enter the era of medical distancing, a cousin to the physical distancing health citizens collectively experienced — that is, staying physically away from brick-and-mortar medical encounters. Remember that Telehealth Is Health this Telehealth Awareness Week for 2023… and ongoing.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 18, 2023

health system in the latest Gallup poll — earning a grade of “excellent” or “good” by American adults surveyed in November 2023. The pharmaceutical industry and health insurance companies garnered 3 in 10 people rating them as excellent/good, with nursing homes at the bottom a 2.5/10 health system.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

health care’s negative-sum game, stakeholders who survive and win that game will have to deliver value-for-money, we learn from Trilliant Health’s 2023 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report. The Report synthesizes a database covering |300M American lives and 2.7M

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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. CDC reveals that 10.9 CDC also reveals that 3.9

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 17, 2025

The first unauthorized access occurred in February 2021 and continued until February 2023. When the privacy breach was detected, the matter was investigated internally, and the physical therapist was fired, although the lawsuit alleges KU Health failed to notify law enforcement about the illegal medical record access.

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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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Sensible Medicine

MAY 25, 2023

On April 26, 2023, Bobby Jindal and Chirag Parghi declared, on the opinion pages of the WSJ, that “ Mammograms Can Promote Heart Health.” Have I been neglecting the medical literature? Insurers will be forced to raise rates to cover this new charge. Why didn’t I know this? ” U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 17, 2023

Most patients, nurses and doctors believe that health insurance plans reduce access to health care which contributes to clinician burnout and increases costs, based on three surveys conducted by Morning Consult for the American Hospital Association (AHA).

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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. During that time, files on the network were viewed or copied. The HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal still shows the interim figure of 501 affected individuals.

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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

MARCH 19, 2025

An investigation was launched which revealed an unauthorized third party had access to the email account for 2 months since November 6, 2023, and other email accounts may also have been accessed. During the two months, it is possible that emails and attachments were downloaded from the account.

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Health Prime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

According to The State of Mental Health in America 2023 , 21% of adults are currently experiencing a mental illness, which equates to over 50 million Americans. Accurate coding is key Accurate medical coding is one fundamental aspect of maximizing reimbursements.

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Health Populi

JUNE 11, 2024

between 2023 and 2024, according to the 2024 Milliman Medical Index. Milliman also calculated that the largest driver of cost increase in health care, accounting for nearly one-half of medical cost increases, was pharmacy, the cost of prescription drugs, which grew 13% in the year.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

There was no letup in cyberattacks on healthcare organizations in 2023, which set two new records – The most reported data breaches and the most breached records. In 2023, 725 data breaches were reported to OCR and across those breaches, more than 133 million records were exposed or impermissibly disclosed. In 2023, 79.7%

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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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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2023

.” HealthEdge’s latest research into health consumers’ perspectives finds peoples’ satisfaction with their health insurance plans lacking, with members seeking easier access their personal health information, high levels of service, and rewards for healthy behaviors.

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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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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2023

People love being health-insured, but their negative experiences with health plans create serious burdens on patients-as-consumers. The 2023 Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance updates our understanding of and empathy for insured peoples’ Patient Administrative Burdens (PAB).

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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. A limited number of patients also had their Social Security numbers and/or driver’s license numbers stolen.

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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. Suspicious network activity was identified on March 27, 2024, and third-party cybersecurity specialists were engaged to investigate the activity.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2020

Health, medical and wellness trends featured large in the forecast, which brought together key trends for 5G, robotics, voice tech, AR/VR/XR, and the next iteration of IoT — which Steve said will still be called “IoT,” but in this phase will morph into the “Intelligence of Things.”. See healthcare on the ride side under “Massive IoT.”.

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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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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 23, 2024

A Gallup 2023 Health and Healthcare survey , conducted Nov. Eighty-two percent of survey respondents to the Gallup poll reported that nurses provide “excellent or good” medical care. Nursing has long held a top spot in Gallup polls of most-trusted professions, and a recent survey gave nurses another professional boost.

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The HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Data breaches have recently been announced by Axis Health System in Colorado, Gandara Mental Health Center in Massachusetts, Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers in North Carolina, and Family Medical Center in Maryland. The intrusion was detected on March 9, 2023, when ransomware was used to encrypt files.

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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. 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?”

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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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Walker Info - Patient Experience

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

From a cancer patient: I had to change insurance in the middle of my eight-month treatment plan. She begged me to induce before the end of the year because shed already hit her insurance deductible. She begged me to induce before the end of the year because shed already hit her insurance deductible. In the 2023 U.S.

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ACMA Blog

JULY 9, 2024

According to the American Medical Association (AMA), prior authorizations are the number one reason for care delay in the United States. In May and June 2023, the FTC ordered additional data to three additional PBM entities. pharmacies in 2023. This affects many Americans and their willingness to take prescriptions.

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2023

In 2023, U.S. Consumer-facing health-tech categories won’t be spared, we learn in the 2023 U.S. On the upside, smartwatch market penetration held steady in 2023, as this favorite form of wearable technology is “providing consumers a personalized digital health and fitness dashboard at their fingertips.”

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Health Populi

JUNE 30, 2023

in 2024, according to the annual report from the PwC Health Research Institute, Medical cost trend: Behind the numbers 2024. Every year, the PwC HRI team goes behind those numbers to assess cost inflators and deflators which underpin annual medical inflation. Take prescription drugs pushing medical trend upward.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary , the first use of the phrase “health insurance” occurred in 1901. Consulting Noah Webster….and and ChatGPT.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Financial Constraints and Budgetary Cuts Healthcare institutions often face financial constraints, with shrinking budgets and reduced reimbursements from insurance companies and government programs. link] Joint Commission (2023, August 24). link] Mcfanhn, C (2023, August 24). link] Muoio, D (2023, August 24).

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Keep that relationship in mind in the context of a new forecast from Kaiser Family Foundation estimate the 2023 cost for employer-sponsored insurance for a family to reach nearly $24,000 in 2023. ’| the CFO of Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center, Vincent Tammaro, was quoted in the Cedar report.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 4, 2025

Dameron Hospital Notifies Patients About November 2023 Data Breach Dameron Hospital in Stockton, California, has recently sent notification letters to patients about a November 2023 data breach. Notification letters were mailed to the affected individuals on February 21, 2025.

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