Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 24, 2019

If your organization handles protected health information (PHI) or electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI), you should be well aware of the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act known commonly as HIPAA. The HIPAA compliance is regulated by the federal government and failure to comply with it can attract […].

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Healthcare Leadership Council

MAY 25, 2023

Erin noted the lack of harmonization with state laws on medical information privacy and other federal laws governing health information outside the scope of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In closing, Jessica described two methods to achieve de-identification of PHI in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 30, 2024

The post Almost 500,000 Individuals Affected by Designed Receivable Solutions Data Breach appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 7, 2018

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is US legislation that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. The article What Are HIPAA Compliant Storage Requirements?

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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. In 2023 there was a notable reduction in enforcement actions over HIPAA Right of Access violations (4) than the average of 14 over the previous three years.

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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

JANUARY 16, 2019

Healthcare organizations face unprecedented compliance challenges when it comes to managing business associate agreements (BAAs) amid frequent data breaches, heightened federal scrutiny and anticipated privacy legislation.

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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. What is HIPAA and does this Cyberattack Break the Law?

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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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Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

Under the current privacy regime of HIPAA for healthcare, indeed, we are. “HIPAA, as passed in 1996 and amended in 2009 through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, defines privacy through a sectoral lens. legislators can get on the same privacy page.

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Arkenea

AUGUST 15, 2024

Developers are required to adhere to HIPAA compliance during API integration. 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 Prime

MAY 23, 2024

These industry regulations include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Read more about this in our blog How to make sure your Business Associates are HIPAA Compliant.

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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. billion active monthly accounts. Cyber-breaches are a new-normal in health care.

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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.

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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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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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