HIPAA Journal
JUNE 27, 2023
The initial review of files that were potentially compromised in the breach was completed on March 6, 2023, and confirmed that names, medical record numbers, treating/referring physician names, health insurance information, subscriber numbers, medical history information, and diagnosis/treatment information may have been accessed or acquired.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 22, 2021
health care employment since 2001, today accounting for twice as many staff as physicians and nurses. The team noted in their JAMA viewpoint that over 1 million administrative employees were added to U.S. Claims — that’s the paper-based workflow that eats up some of the $billion U.S.
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HIPAA Journal
MARCH 8, 2023
Midwest IT Systems, a Blue Earth, MN-based provider of managed IT services, data backup and recovery, VoIP and cybersecurity services to businesses in Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa, has recently demonstrated compliance with the regulatory standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Note how health insurance, in particular, swelled as a component of family budgets more than housing, transportation, and college education. The table (Appendix: The Cost-of-Thriving Data) organizes the growing costs by household line item including housing, health insurance, transportation and college. In the U.S.,
Health Populi
JUNE 13, 2018
In 2007, the year I launched Health Populi , the inaugural post focused on just this issue; the post was titled, “Health care is the #1 line item in our national economy…and taking more out of your pocket.”
Health Populi
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Digital immigrants, first coined by Marc Prensky in 2001. In my introduction to the survey, I wrote about “digital immigrants,” the other end of the continuum from “digital natives” — young people who were born over the past fifteen years into the digital era of personal computers, mobile phones and mobile-first.
Health Populi
AUGUST 21, 2019
As digital immigrants, older people are, in the words of Prensky’s 2001 observation, “now in the process of learning a new language.” We characterized Medicare beneficiaries as “digital immigrants,” building on the research of Marc Prensky in his seminal essay, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.
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