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HIPAA Violation Cases

The HIPAA Journal

HIPAA violation cases are compliance investigations that result from a data breach being notified to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) or a privacy complaint being submitted to OCR via the complaints portal. There are many different types of HIPAA violation cases.

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Importance of HIPAA Compliance in Medical Coding and Billing

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HIPAA is a short form of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , a law devised to protect patients’ personal information regarding their health conditions. The following article will explain why HIPAA compliance is significant in medical billing and coding and how it helps protect patients and providers.

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High Severity Vulnerabilities Identified in Philips Intellispace Cardiovascular (ISCV)

The HIPAA Journal

An attacker can exploit the vulnerabilities to replay the session of a logged-in user and gain access to patient records. The post High Severity Vulnerabilities Identified in Philips Intellispace Cardiovascular (ISCV) appeared first on The HIPAA Journal. Both vulnerabilities have been assigned a CVSS v3.1 severity score of 7.7

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KU Health Facing Lawsuit Over Worker’s Unlawful Accessing of Nude Patient Photos

The HIPAA Journal

The physical therapist was employed by KU Health and accessed patient records even though he had no affiliation with the plastic surgery clinic and did not have a treatment relationship with any of the patients. The lawsuit was filed by the law firm Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP.

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How To Maintain Business Continuity and Compliance During An Emergency

Electronic Health Reporter

Healthcare organizations know just how important it is to comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule to protect sensitive and unstructured data such as patient records, scripts, discharge summaries, medical forms, authorizations, prescriptions, and insurance claims.

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

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These data breaches have affected millions of patients, putting their sensitive healthcare information at risk. In 2018, the healthcare sector saw 15 million patient records compromised across 503 breaches, which was three times the amount seen in 2017. The number of healthcare data breaches keeps going up year after year.

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Insider Breaches Reported by Providence Mission Heritage Endocrinology & Samaritan Health Services

The HIPAA Journal

Samaritan Health Services Samaritan Health Services in Oregon has announced that a physician who worked at its Lebanon Community Hospital may have accessed the protected health information of patients without authorization. An investigation was launched in November 2023, when unauthorized access was suspected.

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