SQA

JUNE 10, 2021

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary #4, 2021. Brazilian Regulators Update Economic Monitoring Requirements for Some Medical Devices, 26 March 2021. The new regulation takes effect on 01 April 2021. ANVISA: The Advances of 2020 in Regulatory Quality Improvement, 31 March 2021.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On March 29, 2021, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that protects businesses, governments, and healthcare providers in Florida from COVID-19 lawsuits if they make a reasonable effort to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus [.] By George F.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Currently, less than 2% of the health insurance population requiring specialty drugs is responsible for 51% of drug spending. The cost of specialty drugs in the US is spiraling out of control, increasing 12% from 2020 to 2021 alone, with no sign of slowing down due to the increase of cell and gene therapies expected to come to market.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 23, 2024

By Joelle Boxer Today is Maternal Health Awareness Day, focused on the theme “ Access in Crisis.” for every 100,000 live births in 2021, nearly 33 pregnant people lost their lives. In 2021, the federal government made the state plan amendment option available temporarily through the American Rescue Plan. In the U.S.,

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Longstanding Contributions to Public Health In the United States, employers have traditionally shouldered significant responsibility for matters of health. In 2021, over 50% of Americans were covered by employer-provided health insurance.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 6, 2023

By Hannah Rahim Many mental health provider directories for private and public insurance plans contain inaccurate or outdated provider information , which creates a misleading illusion of accessible care. These ghost networks result in many patients being unable to access essential mental health care.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Stanley Street Treatment and Resources Discloses October 2021 Data Breach. STAR), has recently announced a data breach that occurred more than a year ago in October 2021. An unauthorized individual was found to have gained access to its network and downloaded files containing the protected health information of 45,785 patients.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2022

Fast-forward through the 1990s and the advent of PBMs — pharmacy benefit management companies — the intermediaries managing drug benefits for health insurance plans. Today, the three largest PBMs, processing about 4 in 5 retail prescription claims, are embedded in large health insurance companies.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 28, 2022

Irvine, CA-based Smile Brands, a provider of support services for dental offices, has recently provided an update on the number of individuals affected by a ransomware attack that was discovered on April 24, 2021. The initial notice to the Maine attorney general was submitted on October 8, 2021.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Maternal and Infant Health Crisis The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1,205 women died due to childbirth-associated health complications in 2021, up from 754 in 2019. These high rates are largely due to scheduling-related convenience and financial incentives from health insurance reimbursement.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Michigan law firm, Warner Norcross and Judd LLP, has issued notification letters to 255,160 individuals advising them about an October 2021 security breach in which files containing their personal and protected health information were potentially accessed and exfiltrated from its systems.

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Compliance Now

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The IRS recently formalized the automatic 30-day extension for employers to furnish Forms 1095-B/C to recipients that the department first introduced in 2021. RxDC reports for both the 2020 and 2021 calendar years are due to CMS by December 27, 2022 (2022 reports are due by June 1, 2023). The Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate.

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Compliance Now

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The IRS recently formalized the automatic 30-day extension for employers to furnish Forms 1095-B/C to recipients that the department first introduced in 2021. RxDC reports for both the 2020 and 2021 calendar years are due to CMS by December 27, 2022 (2022 reports are due by June 1, 2023). The Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. "Patients are not dependent on their clinics or health systems if they offer virtual care.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

“Two intersecting and interdependent systems comprise democracy in the United States,” Eileen Salinsky, Program Advisor with Grantmakers in Health, wrote in a compelling essay in April 2022. Most Americans don’t feel the government cares about them, nor do most feel protected by U.S.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 8, 2022

Wall Street has largely focused on CVS’s efforts to add primary-care practices and doctors to its payroll, though executives have also discussed their ambitions to expand its in-home health presence. It also offers in-home health evaluations for Medicare Advantage and other government-run managed-care plans. B last month.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 9, 2021

being covered by health insurance is one of the social determinants of health. Without a health plan, an uninsured person in America is far more likely to file for bankruptcy due to medical costs, and lack access to needed health care (and especially primary care). In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

MAY 31, 2023

“Healthcare costs came roaring back in 2021” after falling in 2020. In 2023, that roaring growth in health care costs continues with expected growth of 5.6%. consumers with employer-sponsored health insurance, conducted in April 2023. AHIP commissioned a survey among 1,000 U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 2, 2021

The reality of patients entering doctors’ offices expecting to deal with their health care cost challenges is spelled out in The Increasing Role of Physician Practices as Bill Collectors – Destined for Failure , published in JAMA , 30 July 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

million being defrauded from Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance programs. According to the FBI, more than $43 billion was lost to these scams between June 2016 and December 2021, and in 2021 alone, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center received reports of losses of $2,395,953,296 to BEC scams.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Michigan law firm, Warner Norcross and Judd LLP, has issued notification letters to 255,160 individuals advising them about an October 2021 security breach in which files containing their personal and protected health information were potentially accessed and exfiltrated from its systems.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 23, 2022

New Jersey Brain and Spine (NJBS) has recently announced it was the victim of a cyberattack on or around November 16, 2021, that encrypted data on its network. NJBS said it immediately took steps to secure its network and engaged a computer forensic firm to investigate the security breach.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Education was the most extensively targeted sector in Q3, experiencing an 18% rise in attacks, followed by government/military which saw a 20% increase. Healthcare was the third most targeted sector with an average of 1,426 attacks per month, but saw the second highest percentage increase in attacks, increasing by 60% from 2021.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

Similarly, our health care system is a significant barrier to employment because most private health insurance companies do not cover critical supports for disabled people, such as personal assistant services. In July 2021, the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The DiGA initiative is part of the 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) that sets the legal framework for doctors to prescribe DiGAs to the 73 million citizens insured with a statutory health insurer that reimburses their use, and has been recognised as a pioneering approach globally.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 16, 2022

The data breach that sparked the lawsuit was announced by the healthcare provider in May 2021 and was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as affecting 125,500 patients, although the total was later revised to 154,513 patients. Netgain Technologies reportedly paid a $2.3

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 6, 2023

Cedar Park, TX-based Dental Health Management Solutions (DHMS), a provider of dental services to the government/military and private patients has recently announced – via its legal counsel – that the protected health information of certain patients was exposed in a 2021 hacking incident.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On March 29, 2021, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that protects businesses, governments, and healthcare providers in Florida from COVID-19 lawsuits if they make a reasonable effort to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus [.] By George F.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Urology of Greater Atlanta Notifies Almost 80,000 Patients About August 2021 Data Breach. Urology of Greater Atlanta has now confirmed that it was the victim of a cyberattack that was detected on August 29, 2021. The VA concluded that there was a low risk of misuse of that information.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2022

The types of data in the files varied from individual to individual and may have included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, treatment information, and/or health insurance information. A limited number of patients also had financial account information exposed.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 8, 2022

By December 2021, enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) grew to a record high of more than 83 million individuals, primarily due to the continuous coverage requirements of the PHE. In the long run, this causes economic hardship to the state, healthcare providers, and insurers.

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Innovaare Compliance

MARCH 24, 2024

Balancing AI-Driven Payment Integrity with Provider Relations A large health insurance company implemented an AI-powered payment integrity system to identify and prevent potential fraud, waste, and abuse in healthcare claims. The Challenge of Health Care Fraud. 2021, January 15). 2021, April).

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As a result, the opportunities that exist for health IT companies are massive. billion globally from 2020 through October 2021. To get an idea of what this future may hold, Healthcare IT News interviewed Sebastian Seiguer, CEO of the Johns Hopkins-backed health IT company emocha Health.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The investigation revealed files were exfiltrated from its network more than a year previously, on or around October 30, 2021. A review of the files exfiltrated from its system confirmed they contained patient names, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, demographic information, and limited medical information.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 20, 2022

In Macromedical Regulation , 82 Ohio State Law Journal 727 (2021), we address the nation’s systemic failure to contain an infectious contagion, and we offer solutions by deriving lessons from the 2008 financial contagion. We also recognize that policymakers, specifically the U.S. Schwarcz is Stanley A.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2023

With the rising costs of providing healthcare, it’s essential that physician offices stay on top of their contracts with payers, such as insurance companies and government agencies. Payers Lower Rates Over Time Insurance companies and other payers are continually seeking ways to cut costs and improve their bottom line.

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