Symplr

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act spurred a wave of both new and replacement EHR purchases in the industry. In 2004, President Bush set a goal for every American to have an electronic health record (EHR) by 2014.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 9, 2023

The order follows on the heels of a prior federal court ruling which concluded that Surescripts had a near-complete monopoly on e-prescribing services, having built up a controlling a 95% “supershare” of the e-prescribing market.

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McGuire Wood

MAY 13, 2022

provides revenue cycle management and population health management services. Founded in 2009, the company serves independent physician groups, accountable care organizations and value-based care groups. Riverside Partners has announced it has completed an investment in UnisLink Holdings. UnisLink , based in Phoenix, Ariz.,

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McGuire Wood

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Founded in 2009, the firm pursues control equity investments in the healthcare services, products and distribution markets through a range of investment amounts. Within healthcare, Shore seeks to invest in the provider services and non-reimbursement industries. Olympus , which is based in Tokyo, Japan, and has its U.S.

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McGuire Wood

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Founded in 2009, the firm targets equity investments of $10 million to $50 million per transaction in medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and technology-enabled healthcare services. Accelmed , based in Aventura, Fla., is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in U.S.

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McGuire Wood

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Founded in 2009, the firm targets middle market service (healthcare, business and IT), distribution, manufacturing and tech-enabled (SaaS and e-commerce) companies with EBITDA of $2 million to $20 million. Baymark , which led the transaction, is a Dallas-based private equity firm. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Systeem provides core information technology services with a primary focus on ambulatory healthcare providers. – The addition of ambulatory IT support services provider further expands Medsphere’s affordable, adaptable comprehensive healthcare technology platform. .

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 4, 2023

The decision to site the lab at Kansas State was only made in 2009 and that was after a long site selection competition. The city is located in the area called “ Tornado Alley” by the National Weather Service. Natural disasters themselves breed novel organisms via genetic shift and drift.) billion facility.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2023

Company Adds Two Board Members and a Senior Executive to Lead its Medicare Advantage Business Aledade , the largest network of independent primary care practices in the country, today announced the closing of a $260 million Series F funding round to enhance and acquire services and technology to support its practices.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 19, 2023

A review of the email accounts confirmed on May 16, 2023, that they contained the following patient information: name, date of birth, age, gender, telephone number, medical record number/ internal tracking number, lab results, procedure type, diagnosis, and date(s) of service.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Prevent fraud: All parties must comply with laws that prevent fraud and misconduct, such as ordering necessary tests or treatments or billing for services not provided. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enforces compliance laws that protect patient information, prevent fraud, and uphold care quality.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 2, 2018

The Department of Health and Human Services’ position of Chief Technology Officer is a relatively new one. President Barack Obama created the role in 2009 and appointed the first three people to hold the post: Todd Park, Bryan Sivak, and Susannah Fox.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 15, 2023

CISA said the RVWP program leverages existing services, data sources, technologies, and authorities including CISA’s Cyber Hygiene Vulnerability Scanning Service and the Administrative Subpoena Authority granted to CISA under Section 2009 of the Homeland Security Act of 2022.

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McGuire Wood

JUNE 15, 2022

Founded in 2009, the company’s research focuses primarily on areas including cardiac disease and safety, pain, polycystic kidney disease and neurodegeneration. Ampersand Capital Partners has completed an investment in AnaBios Corp., according to a news release. AnaBios , based in San Diego, is preclinical contract research organization.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

Since 2009, HITECH has given “teeth” to HIPAA law. This act was signed into law by President Obama back in 2009. Does your practice have a procedure for notifying the Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary when there is a breach of 500 or records? What’s the difference between HIPAA and HITECH?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2021

At the same time, 90% of respondents said they expect their companies to grow this year, with one-third innovating new services and products and nearly 60% saying they are experiencing expansion due to COVID-19. Nearly nine in 10 U.S. companies said they plan to raise capital in 2021, compared with 70% in the U.K.

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Hall Render

MARCH 7, 2023

Most recently, the firm has focused on growth, increasing the number of professionals to serve health care clients and expanding and further developing the services it offers, such as the strategic consulting services provided by Hall Render Advisory Services.

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MARCH 7, 2023

Health insurance agents became covered under HIPAA with the HITECH Act of 2009. Examples of Breaches In 2022, an insurance agent in Illinois was fined $25,000 by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for disclosing a client’s PHI to an unauthorized individual.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 18, 2022

Launched in 2009, CloudCME® consolidates application, documentation, faculty, registration, finance, RSS, and online content management into a branded portal for use at institutions. I am also excited by the opportunity to join HealthStream in furtherance of our shared vision to ultimately improve the quality of healthcare.”.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 31, 2022

The group operates out of Russia and has been operational since at least 2009 and is responsible for the infamous Dridex banking Trojan and several other ransomware and malware variants, including BitPaymer, Hades, Phoenixlocker, WastedLocker, SocGholish, GameOver Zeus, and JabberZeus.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 15, 2022

In order to provide the best possible care for patients, healthcare providers often need business partners to provide support services. When do these service providers become business associates as defined by HIPAA, and what are their duties and responsibilities in the role of business associate?

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2022

What You Should Know: – Xenex Disinfection Services has announced the 5-year renewal of its U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract, which enables federal agencies (including Veterans Affairs and U.S. In 2009, the U.S. Xenex robots are designed and manufactured in the U.S.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 12, 2024

With advances in medical technology, new treatment modalities, and an expanding array of healthcare services, the regulatory framework has had to adapt to ensure patient safety, quality of care, and ethical standards. One key driver is the increasingly complex and dynamic healthcare landscape.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The responsibility for accomplishing this purpose is delegated to the Secretary for Health & Human Services (HHS). In addition, consumers of federal programs such as Medicare and Medicaid also have privacy rights under the Privacy Act 1974 – but only for records maintained by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

a service commerce platform, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DrChrono Inc., Founded in 2009, DrChrono is a cloud-based, medical platform serving more than 4,600 independent practices and 13,000 providers across medical specialties. What You Should Know: – Today EverCommerce Inc.,

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The rule took effect in 2009, yet compliance has not been enforced. The platform can also be used to arrange telehealth visits and access other health services. Users of the service provide personal and health information GoodRx, which also collects data from pharmacy benefit managers when users make purchases using GoodRx coupons.

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The Health Law Firm

JULY 11, 2012

million to settle False Claims Act allegations that occurred between 2004 and 2009. Maury Regional submitted a voluntary self-disclosure to the US Attorney's Office and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG). Hospital Self-Reported After Compliance Program Revealed Billing Errors.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken a bold step by mandating a standard for prior authorization. Yet in a traditional fee-for-service payment model, prior authorization by payers is absolutely crucial. Without it, overtreatment would skyrocket, causing pain to patients and bankrupting the payers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2023

SCHC provide a multitude of services including: primary, dental, optometry, chiropractic, vision, and behavioral health services. Since SCHC had been using eClinicalWorks since 2009, they had a lot of data that had to be migrated. In 2022, they looked after 62,000 patients across 205,000 encounters.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 7, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has released a Request for information (RFI) related to two outstanding requirements of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act).

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Healthcare It News

MAY 4, 2023

"There are many reasons for this disparity, but behavioral health’s absence from the incentives provided by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 certainly left many facilities at the back of the line for technology and funding."

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 5, 2023

citizens will be of retirement age, increasing the use of healthcare services nationwide. Optimizing the Workforce You Have: Healthcare organizations, particularly those that operate across many service lines, license types, locations, and treatment modalities, struggle to keep track of the ever-changing dynamics of their workforce.

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Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 28, 2022

25 ruling, which came in response to a 2011 class-action lawsuit eventually joined by 14 beneficiaries against the Department of Health and Human Services, will guarantee patients the right to appeal to Medicare for nursing home coverage if they were admitted to a hospital as an inpatient but were switched to observation care, an outpatient service.

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Health Law Attorney

MAY 25, 2022

On April 6 th , 2022, a HIPAA-regulatory Request for Information (RFI) was released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) soliciting feedback from the public for future rulemaking.

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Health Law Advisor

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The HBNR was initially passed in 2009 but had never been enforced until now. The FTC alleged that GoodRx also violated the FTC Act by deceptively stating in its privacy policies that disclosure to third party providers was limited to what was necessary to provide telehealth services, unless the consumer consented to other uses.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The demand for liability protections reemerged in 2009 during H1N1, in attenuated form during the 2014-15 West Africa Ebola public health emergency, and, prominently, during COVID-19. Department of Health and Human Services, or the Office of Global Affairs. Government, the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In addition to the monetary costs stemming from a data breach, organizations also face remediation activities, regulatory inquiries, service disruptions, and a hit to their reputation. The first step in preventing a data breach is to utilize solutions and services that meet strict regulatory compliance standards.

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