Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 2, 2019

Healthcare providers, covered entities and their business associates should understand HIPAA and take compliance steps to avoid monetary fines and even prison time. By Ken Lynch, founder and CEO, Reciprocity Labs. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) applies to all companies in the United States.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Catholic Medical Center Patients Affected by Email Breach at Business Associate Almost 2,800 patients of Catholic Medical Center (CMC) in New Hampshire have been affected by a data breach at one of its vendors, the accounts receivable management service provider Lamont Hanley & Associates.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2024

Mobile Medical Response Warns Patients About PHI Breach Mobile Medical Response, a Michigan-based provider of medical transportation and ambulance services, has announced that there has been an impermissible disclosure of patient information at one of its business associates.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The medical billing vendor that is fully compliant in all under HIPAA are authoritatively business associates of most ideal healthcare clients. From last few years, there have been significant modifications in the rules in addition to guidelines that medical coding and billing firms must achieve.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 10, 2024

For nurses seeking opportunities using their podcasting, speaking, coaching, and writing skills, the ability to create financially and personally rewarding side hustles and full-time businesses has never been stronger.

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Business Associate Follow-Up Communication Medication 59

19 Labs

MAY 12, 2021

The name was conceived while our CEO, Ram Fish, was having a chat with business associate and renowned Stanford cardiologist , Dr. Peter Fitzgerald at a local Menlo Park hamburger joint. This seems like an odd question at first, but the answer is a lot closer to nursing than you might think.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

In 2023, business associates were responsible for 60% of the breaches of 500 or more records that were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), compared to 35% in 2022. As has been seen in other data , the percentage of victims paying a ransom is falling. The was a significant increase in data breaches at vendors.

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Health Prime

MAY 23, 2024

Read more about this in our blog How to make sure your Business Associates are HIPAA Compliant. They should give you a list of compliance procedures they take as a company and how they ensure each employee is following rules and regulations.

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Medical Coding Medication Billing Communication 87

Healthcare Leadership Council

MAY 25, 2023

Regarding HIPAA, Epic is a business associate of its U.S. Amanda spotlighted Epic’s new life sciences program working to unify clinical research with care delivery, matching participating providers with clinical trial opportunities and supporting clinicians with point-of-care insights and predictive modeling.

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19 Labs

MAY 12, 2021

The name was conceived while our CEO, Ram Fish, was having a chat with business associate and renowned Stanford cardiologist , Dr. Peter Fitzgerald at a local Menlo Park hamburger joint. This seems like an odd question at first, but the answer is a lot closer to nursing than you might think.

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Diagnostics Business Associate 52

19 Labs

MAY 12, 2021

The name was conceived while our CEO, Ram Fish, was having a chat with business associate and renowned Stanford cardiologist , Dr. Peter Fitzgerald at a local Menlo Park hamburger joint. This seems like an odd question at first, but the answer is a lot closer to nursing than you might think.

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Diagnostics Business Associate 52

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

The AHA explained in the letter that Change Healthcare is a covered entity and, as such, has a duty to notify OCR and the affected individuals about any data breach, even in cases where Change Healthcare acts as a business associate.

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Arkenea

JULY 8, 2024

These regulations mandate the BA (Business Associates) and CE (Covered Entities) to maintain the privacy and security of ePHI. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) rules and regulations ensure that ePHI (Protected Health Information) is safe and secure from potential hackers.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

The purpose of HIPAA compliance software is to provide a framework to guide a HIPAA-covered entity or business associate through the process of becoming HIPAA-compliant and ensuring continued compliance with HIPAA and HITECH Act Rules. The top HIPAA compliance solutions also help with the management of business associates.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

As in other squares of America’s privacy ‘patchwork,’ HIPAA specifies a group of industry actors (health plans, provider organizations, and clearinghouses), designates them as “covered entities,” and then regulates how these entities and their subcontractors (business associates) use a certain class of information (individually identifiable (..)

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Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2018

Here’s what we-know-we know about health care, privacy, and security: briefly, • HIPAA covers patients’ PHI that is held by covered entities and shared with contracted business associates. Cyber-breaches are a new-normal in health care.

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HIPAA Business Associate Best Practices Patient Records 72

Arkenea

AUGUST 15, 2024

Here’s what falls under HIPAA: HIPAA Privacy Rule: The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes guidelines for safeguarding any personally identifiable health information that Covered Entities (CE) or Business Associates (BA) handle.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Many personal information flows don’t fall under the HIPAA umbrella if the company isn’t a business associate. Furthermore, this week Google made news about how it will absorb the DeepMind AI business into the larger Google Health unit.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2021

They had developed business associate agreements (BAAs) for HIPAA compliance over four years ago, thousands of which had been in place across the U.S. Zoom had already been a telehealth partner to many healthcare systems and organizations before COVID-19.

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Business Associate HIPAA Appointments Communication 71

The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

CA Business Associate 129,584 Hacking Incident University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority WI Healthcare Provider 85,902 Compromised email account Aveanna Healthcare GA Healthcare Provider 65,482 Compromised email account Ezras Choilim Health Center, Inc. of all records compromised in March.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 3, 2024

The key HIPAA regulations that relate to medical billing include: HIPAA Privacy Rule : Outlines the standards for protecting PHI Concentrates on data privacy and the processes involved in using or disclosing it Requires compliance with an individual’s rights to access HIPAA Security Rule : States that all healthcare organizations and partners ensure (..)

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HIPAA Billing Medication Best Practices 52

Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 20, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. Phyllis Miller, Ph.D., RHIA, RHIT, CHPS, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer As August 21, 2020 marks the 24th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s HIPAA Law, it is not a bad time […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 24, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ken Lynch, founder and CEO, Reciprocity Labs.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 7, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is US legislation that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996.

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HIPAA Billing Insurance Business Associate 79

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

She is the director of nursing for a nursing program at a community college and an active member of various nursing organizations such as the National Nurses in Business Association, ENA, ANA, NLN, DNP of Color, and AONE. I recently spoke at the National Nurses in Business Association about nursing entrepreneurship.

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