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UnitedHealth Group Confirms Data Stolen in Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack

The HIPAA Journal

United Health Group has also confirmed that it has paid out more than $3.3 billion in loans to healthcare providers under its temporary funding program to help ease the financial strain caused by delays to the processing of insurance claims and providers will have 45 days to pay back the loans. 40% of the $3.3

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In Demand Career Spotlight Series – Medical Secretary

ACI Medical & Dental School

Recording important patient information, including insurance information. Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to HIPAA regulations. Multitasking Abilities: Capability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced medical office environment. Assisting with patient check-in and check-out.

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Health Information Exchange: What It Is and Why It Matters

Ciox

Traditionally, patient data has been stored in disparate systems, creating information silos across healthcare organizations. This results in significant benefits for both healthcare organizations and patients. Patient care improvement and overall efficiency of healthcare organizations. What is Health Information Exchange (HIE)?

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

If you’re in health care and don’t live under a rock, you have probably heard that United Health Group (UHG) has acquired PatientsLikeMe (PLM). Following a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the government mandated that iCarbonX divest its ownership in PLM. Give people’s data to a big insurer?

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Managed Care History Part II- HMOs Give Way to Managed Care “Lite”

The Healthcare Blog

If you missed it read Part 1 By JEFF GOLDSMITH The late 1990s crash of HMOs opened the door to a major consolidation of the health insurance market controlled largely by national and super-regional health plans. HIPAA markedly accelerated the use of electronic data interchange (EDI) in healthcare, to the great advantage of health insurers.