The HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Email-related data breaches have been reported by Kaiser Permanente in California, Soliant Health in Georgia, and Potomac Medical Aesthetics in Maryland. Soliant Health is a Peachtree Corners, GA-based healthcare staffing company that provides medical staff to healthcare facilities across the United States.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 3, 2024

In today’s digital age, medical billing software plays a vital role in streamlining the billing process and improving patient care. HIPAA compliance is a crucial aspect of any medical billing software. It will also help you ensure that the medical billing software you select is compliant with HIPAA requirements.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 4, 2024

Gaia Software Gaia Software, a provider of electronic medical record and billing management software services to Americare Renal Center, has mailed notification letters to patients whose protected health information was compromised in a February 2024 cyberattack. Those individuals will be notified when the investigation is completed.

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CollaborateMD

AUGUST 5, 2024

Medical records are now digital. One of the most effective is artificial intelligence medical billing. If you’re considering integrating AI into medical billing, keep reading to understand how it works. If you’re considering integrating AI into medical billing, keep reading to understand how it works.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Many providers and pharmacies have said they are in jeopardy of collapse, with patients experiencing disruption to care due to delays in receiving vital prescription medications. In some cases, patients have been denied access to medications due to providers’ inability to conduct eligibility checks.

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MedCerts

APRIL 8, 2024

Deep Dive Into MedCerts’ Medication Care Coordinator Program Here’s how the Medication Care Coordinator program works. First, you’ll connect with an education consultant to make sure this program meets your career goals and that you meet all the requirements to enroll in the Medication Care Coordinator program.

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Valant

AUGUST 2, 2024

Customizable Note Templates The ability to create and customize templates for intake, medical history, therapy notes , and progress notes helps save time and energy. Medication Management Tools E-Prescribing is one of the most important features for psychiatry. Each gain in efficiency means more time spent with 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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Valant

JULY 16, 2024

They don’t appear in medical records and cannot be shared with a third party except by the patient’s written consent. HIPAA regulates that therapy notes be stored separately from progress notes. Progress notes should record the date and time of service, provider name, CPT codes, diagnoses, medication records, and more.

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Mobius MD

MARCH 7, 2025

More physicians are using medical speech-to-text software to save time on clinical notes. This article discusses three of the top HIPAA-compliant medical dictation apps in 2025. Three of the best products on the market in 2025 are Mobius Conveyor , Dragon Medical One , and NVoq.Voice.

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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.” Kudos to NABIP for developing this document and taking a leadership position in supporting health care as a civil right for all consumers, emerging as health citizens, in America.

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Mobius MD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Mobile apps for physicians can enable communication with patients and other providers, enhance medical education, inform clinical decision-making, and streamline documentation. But with thousands of medical apps available for Apple and Android smartphones, where should you start?

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Mobius MD

JANUARY 17, 2025

Are you considering using your iPhone for medical dictation? What is mobile medical speech-to-text? You’ll need mobile medical speech-to-text software to use your iPhone or iPad for medical dictation. However, keep in mind that speech-to-text apps are just one type of medical dictation workflow.

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Mobius MD

APRIL 18, 2024

AI scribes are a technology solution that streamlines clinical documentation by transcribing a patient encounter to draft a structured clinical note automatically. Let’s look at some helpful suggestions compiled from providers already using AI scribes for clinical documentation. Are AI scribes HIPAA-compliant?

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Health Prime

JANUARY 8, 2025

Medical billing audits are a great tool for achieving compliance and safeguarding revenue. Regular audits help medical practices stay on top of these changes and comply with coding and billing rules defined by the CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and private payers. Why do these audits matter?

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19 Labs

JULY 8, 2024

This collaboration adds the ability to streamline how schools send and collect consent forms and other documents to the GALE platform. During the COVID-19 pandemic, WellCheck pivoted to utilize its cloud-based, HIPAA-compliant platform for wellness screenings.

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Health Prime

MARCH 6, 2024

Technology integration has become imperative for medical practices striving to provide efficient, patient-centered services. According to a recent report , patient portals enhance patient engagement by enabling patients to access their electronic medical records (EMRs) and facilitating secure patient-provider communication.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

billion in net overpayments due to plan-submitted diagnoses that were not supported by documentation in enrollees’ medical records and concerns have been raised by oversight entities that MA companies are using HRA and HRA-type assessments to maximize their risk-adjusted payments rather than to improve the care provided to enrollees.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 7, 2025

Hackers had access to its network between August 27, 2021, and October 10, 2021, and potentially viewed or obtained personal, medical, health insurance, and financial information. Data Breach Settlement appeared first on The HIPAA Journal. The cash payments will be paid pro rata from the cash remaining in the settlement fund.

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Mobius MD

JANUARY 10, 2024

Mobius MD is excited to announce Conveyor AI , a new AI medical scribe that can write 80% of a physician’s clinical note in 60 seconds. The Cure for ‘Documentitis’ Documentitis | noun 1: Inflammation caused by burdensome documentation requirements imposed by EMRs, billing systems, etc. Say goodbye to after-hours EHR time.

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CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Despite its significance, the manual processes involved in tackling medical claims are error prone and time-consuming. Join us as we examine how automation revolutionizes medical claims processing accuracy and improves outcomes across the healthcare spectrum. Reducing duplication errors in medical claims documentation.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). Addressing mental health is, truly, embodied in every one of the ten pillars in Manatt’s imperatives: Ensuring access to both physical/medical care as well as mental health — ideally bundled into primary care. Help our children achieve their potential. Innovate long-term care.

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Valant

JULY 3, 2024

Behavioral health providers often use medications, therapy, or a combination of the two. Medication Management and Therapy Medication management involves a careful assessment of a patient’s medical history, symptoms, diagnoses, and needs to prescribe psychiatric medication, and then to monitor and adjust as needed.

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Mobius MD

MARCH 25, 2024

We created Mobius MD to improve your medical office workflow. One of our most popular innovations is Conveyor , the app that turns your mobile device into a microphone for instant medical dictation on any computer. For example, with Conveyor, you can dictate into a Microsoft Word document, an email, or an EMR.

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Mobius MD

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

More physicians are turning to AI-generated clinical notes to assist with documentation. A 2024 study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research sought to answer this question. Researchers then evaluated the outputs using the Physician Documentation Quality Instrument (PDQI) scoring system.

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Mobius MD

JANUARY 1, 2025

Youve found the best EMR for your specialty and streamlined your documentation workflow. However, managing a successful medical practice in 2025 will require lots of work beyond the EMR. Here are 6 of our favorite medical practice software tools in 2025, each with a different purpose.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Software medical device is cloud-based or on-premise software designed for a range of healthcare facilities to store, process, and manage medical, financial, and administrative data. A new health process that offers patients and medical staff significantly more chances has been made possible by new technologies.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

People would especially welcome virtual services from traditional medical care providers, as opposed to virtual care from a technology or social media company, a retailer, or a medical startup. Overall, 75% of consumers trust medical doctors, and 69% trust nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

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The HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Spring Fertility is alleged to have breached its duty of confidentiality to the plaintiff, violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), and the behavior was an invasion of privacy under the California constitution.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

MARCH 9, 2024

In Demand Career Spotlight Series – Medical Secretary Our In-Demand Career Spotlight Series focuses on careers in the medical and dental industries where demand for skilled workers outpaces supply. In this month’s blog post, we will be discussing the Medical Secretary position. What Does a Medical Secretary Do?

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Mobius MD

MAY 1, 2024

Physician burnout has become a significant problem, largely due to a growing administrative burden on medical professionals. Tasks like prior authorizations, quality reporting, messaging patients, and EHR documentation often overflow into after-clinic work. Revamp documentation practices Do you still type your clinical notes?

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Northwest Career College

APRIL 19, 2024

As we delve into the realm of the top medical billing software of 2024, you will discover a new set of tools that can empower you, as a medical billing and coding practitioner, to handle your billing responsibilities with increased confidence and efficiency. What is Medical Billing Software?

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

If a primary healthcare provider wants to refer his patient to a specialist for additional medical services then he puts in a recommendation for it. A patient needs a referral before getting medical care from any other physician. Plus, it also improves outcomes because patients receive timely medical interventions.

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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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Mobius MD

JULY 15, 2024

However, physicians were using an early version of GPT that was not trained on medical literature. The HIPAA-compliant AI tool was given only limited context from the patient’s EHR or previous draft messages. What if AI could ease the clinical documentation burden? Here’s how they work.

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MedVA

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Maintaining a healthy work-life balance in the constantly shifting healthcare landscape can pose a significant challenge for medical professionals. A virtual medical assistant from MedVA can help improve efficiency in your office so you can focus on more important things.

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