The Health Law Firm Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 27, 2021, Humana agreed to pay $11.2 million to end claims that the health insurance company denied a group of nurses overtime pay by misclassifying them as exempt employees. By George F. Indest III, J.D., A Wisconsin federal judge approved the.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Third-party forensics experts were engaged to investigate the breach and determined that its systems were compromised between September 1, 2023, and September 5, 2023, and during that time, files were exfiltrated that contained personal and protected health information.

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MedTrainer

MAY 7, 2024

Benefits of Enrolling Your Providers With UnitedHealthcare Here are some key advantages of becoming an in-network provider with UnitedHealthcare: Expanded Revenue Opportunities: UnitedHealthcare is the 4th largest health insurer in the U.S.,

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Provider Trust

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Respondents hope technology can help: more than 9 in 10 respondents consider automation valuable for monitoring licenses, certifications, exclusion lists, and more.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

. – Results are based on a survey of 400 consumers who have previously scheduled and completed telehealth visits and have a commercial health insurance plan.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 16, 2023

The information removed from its systems included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license/State ID numbers, financial account information, payment card information, usernames/passwords, health insurance information, and medical information.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2022

Individuals who had their Social Security numbers or driver’s license numbers exposed have been offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. A limited number of patients also had financial account information exposed. A limited number of patients also had financial account information exposed.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The exposed information included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, clinical/diagnosis information, health insurance member ID numbers, medical record numbers, and Medicare or Medicaid numbers.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2023

The accounts subjected to unauthorized access included information such as names, birthdates, addresses, health insurance member ID numbers, service dates, provider names, claim details, and group names and numbers. No Social Security numbers, financial information, or driver’s license numbers were exposed.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The review of the compromised email accounts confirmed they contain information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, state identification card numbers, financial account numbers, usernames and passwords, payment card information, medical histories, and health insurance information.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 17, 2022

The review of the files revealed they mostly contained protected health information such as names, addresses, medical information, and/or health insurance information. Notification letters have now been sent to the 28,024 patients whose protected health information has potentially been compromised.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 2, 2023

The files contained information such as names, birthdates, signatures, insurance details, contact information, government identification numbers including driver’s licenses and Social Security numbers, medical history/treatment information, and financial information.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2022

The files exfiltrated from its systems included the protected health information of patients. Individuals whose Social Security number, driver’s license, state identification number, or financial account information may have been involved have been offered complimentary credit monitoring services.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Today, when a school district partners with Cartwheel, school counselors can refer students for clinical mental health services with no waitlists. Operating year-round, Cartwheel allows students to see a licensed clinician at home or at school and during evenings, weekends, school breaks, and summers. Surgeon General. .”

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 25, 2022

AHA discovered the email breach in early September 2021 and determined on December 2, 2021, that files containing the protected health information of its healthcare provider clients had been accessed. UMC was a victim of a REvil ransomware attack in June 2021 that resulted in the theft of the protected health information of 1.3

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2023

While there have been no reported instances of misuse of patient data, OU Health could not rule out unauthorized access to patient data. Notification letters were mailed to the affected individuals on March 24, 2023.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 8, 2023

Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and health insurance were impermissibly disclosed. MCNA Dental has offered affected individuals complimentary credit monitoring services. Explanation of payment notices containing the information of 833 Iowa Medicaid recipients were sent to 20 providers in error.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 21, 2023

Approximately 13,700 of the affected individuals were members of Vermont Blue Advantage Health Insurance Plans, around 2,250 individuals were members of Vermont Blue Advantage Plans, and the remainder of the affected individuals were members of other insurance plans.

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MedTrainer

MAY 6, 2024

Benefits of Enrolling Your Providers With Aetna Here are some key advantages of your organization enrolling providers with Aetna: Broad revenue opportunities: Aetna is the 6th-largest health insurer in the U.S. and offers your providers access to ~22 million medical insurance members.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 30, 2023

On April 29, 2023, it was confirmed that files had been exfiltrated that included patient information such as names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and clinical information, such as provider names, dates of service, and/or diagnoses.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Those emails contained patient information such as names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical information, health insurance information, driver’s license numbers, and state ID numbers. The information exposed varied from patient to patient. Notification letters were sent to all affected individuals in August.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 4, 2023

MMC said it was unable to determine whether files were accessed or removed from its network; however, the parts of the network that were accessed contained files that included the protected health information of 559,000 patients. Many of the individuals affected were minors.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

Based on GNC’s website FAQ fine print, telehealth consultations are conducted with licensed physicians board-certified in the U.S. Health Populi’s Hot Points: That’s a lot of “free” for $39.99 in any one’s definition of value-based health care — most especially, a consumer’s.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Complimentary identity theft protection services have been offered to individuals whose Social Security numbers or driver’s license numbers were involved. The types of information exposed varied from patient to patient. No evidence was uncovered that suggested information in the email accounts was viewed or acquired. The post U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The list of affected individuals has yet to be finalized, but Covenant Care California has confirmed that the incident involved the following information: name, date of birth, medical information, and/or health insurance information, including diagnosis or treatment information and/or claims and billing information.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One of the compromised email accounts was determined to contain the protected health information of CFA members, including names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, medical information, and billing and claims information. Patients started to be notified on November 23, 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The information potentially compromised in the attack included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical diagnoses, treatment information, and health insurance information. Vendor Email Account Breach Affects Over 6,000 Memorial Hermann Health System Patients.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 3, 2022

The two health insurance firms confirmed they had been affected in late February 2022, with PracticeMax publicly reporting the breach in the fall of 2021. A server used by PracticeMax and several email accounts were affected and data on its systems was encrypted.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 9, 2024

By Susannah Baruch Concerned about privacy protections for pregnancy- and abortion-related health data in the post- Dobbs environment? A reasonable person would assume this is a licensed medical provider, required to comply with HIPAA and accountable for violations or sharing of personal health information.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 18, 2022

Country Medical Services had run the hospital for 9 years; however, an investigation by the state Department of Health identified almost 3 dozen potential violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, as the hospital was unable to provide emergency services.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2022

Notification letters were mailed on February 22, 2022, and complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services have been offered to individuals whose Social Security number or driver’s license number was exposed. No explanation was given as to why it took more than 18 months to notify the affected individuals.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 2, 2023

Sutter SeniorCare PACE, a nonprofit health plan based in Sacramento, CA, has also recently confirmed that it was affected and had plan member data compromised in the attacks.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 21, 2023

In late January, One Brooklyn Health confirmed that patient data had been compromised, and the attackers had access to information such as names, dates of birth, billing and claims data, treatment details, medical record numbers, prescriptions, health insurance information, and Social Security numbers.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

MARCH 23, 2024

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 15, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced that Health Specialists of Central Florida, Inc., will pay $20,000 to resolve alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and [.]

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Bill of Health

JULY 13, 2023

On the health insurance side, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act really focused on the idea that you shouldn’t be unable to get health insurance because of your genetic makeup. They don’t have the skill, they’re not licensed, they don’t have the staff.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The settlement covers all individuals whose personally identifiable information or protected health information was compromised as a result of the cyberattack, as well as a subclass of individuals who were notified by SJRMC that their Social Security, financial account, driver’s license, or passport numbers had potentially been compromised.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

"Care Medical’s healthcare services are not billed to your health insurance, and will not count towards your deductible," explained Amazon Care's FAQ section. or Android 6.0+, and be enrolled in an Amazon-sponsored health insurance. All fees associated with COVID-19 will be waived. THE LARGER TREND.

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