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Healthcare Orgs Fined for Employing Nurses on the HHS-OIG Exclusion List

The HIPAA Journal

This month, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) agreed to settlements with two healthcare providers who employed nurses on the HHS-OIG exclusion list, who provided items or services that were billed to federally funded healthcare programs.

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Seeing Health/Care Everywhere at CES 2025: My Preview for #CES2025

Health Populi

The 2025 convening of CES (once known as the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas officially kicks off on 7 January 2025. More granularly, Ill be looking into Sleep-tech: The square footage of CES convention floor space devoted to sleep has been significant and visible, with 2025 growing new products and sleep-tech flavors.

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How BioPharma Can Play in Consumers’ Retail Experience Expectations

Health Populi

For this inaugural report, ixlayer and Ipsos surveyed 414 patients online in January 2025 who were dealing with asthma, COPD, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, psoriasis, or atopic dermatitis. households earning over $180,000 a year are now worried about medical bills in America. And even 40% of U.S.

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Alternate Solutions Health Network Notifies Patients About May 2024 Email Breach

The HIPAA Journal

After an extensive investigation and manual document review, we discovered on February 14, 2025, that some personal and/or protected health information of individuals was contained in the compromised email account that was subject to unauthorized access and acquisition, explained Alternate Solutions Health Network in the notification letters.

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California Legislature Takes Another Swing at Private Equity Participation in Healthcare

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Last fall, private equity and hedge fund investors were given a reprieve from the prospect of increased oversight of healthcare transactions when California Governor Gavin Newsom unexpectedly vetoed Assembly Bill 3129 (AB 3129). Rather it creates a basis for enforcement based on conduct which occurs after the bill becomes law.

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Forget the False Claims Act—How a Virginia Hospital Got Criminally Charged

Healthcare Law Insights blog

On January 8, 2025, a federal grand jury in Virginia returned an indictment against a hospital. Separately, Dr. Perwaiz was alleged to have submitted claims for diagnostic procedures that he only pretended to perform. The hospital was not charged until January 2025. Dr. Perwaiz was sentenced in May 2021.

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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

The HIPAA Journal

These statistics and graphs were last updated on March 21, 2025, and are based on data obtained from OCR on March 19, 2025. OCR Penalties for HIPAA Violations (2008 – 2025) Year Covered Entity Amount Penalty Type 2024 Oregon Health & Science University $200,000 Civil Monetary Penalty 2024 Warby Parker Inc.