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HIPAA Update to Include Cybersecurity Requirements for Health Care Organizations

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

An update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule is now underway with new cybersecurity requirements. An update to the HIPAA Security Rule is planned for this spring and it will include new cybersecurity requirements. A serious concern is the tracking of patient data.

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More Than One-Third of Data Breaches Due to Third-Party Compromises

The HIPAA Journal

of all data breaches in 2024 originated from third-party compromises, up 6.5% Other threat groups that were highly active last year include RansomHub, which has grown into the most dominant ransomware group following the shutdown of the AlphV/BlackCat ransomware group and law enforcement operations disrupting the LockBit ransomware group.

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Simplifying Compliance: How Medical Billing Services Keep You Audit-Ready

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” With all of these concerns, it’s vital that providers and billing departments understand and follow the key elements of proper medical billing compliance to run a successful practice. Following health insurance policies and procedures. ” “Do I have all the correct patient information?” The result?

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BakerHostetler Report Identifies Healthcare Data Breach and Litigation Trends

The HIPAA Journal

Data Breach Insights Healthcare accounted for 28% of data breach incidents, followed by finance and insurance (17%), business and professional services (15%), and education (13%). The biggest known root cause of all incidents was the exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities (23% of incidents) followed by phishing (20%).

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How to Streamline Your Medical Claims Management Process for Better Results 

CollaborateMD

The truth is that the road conventional health insurance follows in processing claims is needlessly complicated, leaving room for many unwanted errors and frustrated providers. Process a bulk submission of claims, significantly speeding up the process and improving revenue cycles. Easy, right? Not if you ask billing managers.

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Healthcare Data Security Breach: What to Do If Your Records Have Been Hacked

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The number of healthcare data breaches keeps going up year after year. They should also keep up with the latest healthcare IT news, including the HIPAA Journal , to make sure your system is up to date. These data breaches have affected millions of patients, putting their sensitive healthcare information at risk.

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Almost 500,000 Individuals Affected by Designed Receivable Solutions Data Breach

The HIPAA Journal

Following that determination, DRS has been working with the affected clients to review and verify the affected information and obtain up-to-date contact information to allow notification letters to be issued. The post Almost 500,000 Individuals Affected by Designed Receivable Solutions Data Breach appeared first on HIPAA Journal.