HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The passage of HIPAA resulted in multiple benefits for the health insurance industry, the healthcare industry, and the people that they serve. For example, the Administrative Requirements (Part 162) helped reduce insurance fraud and accelerated eligibility inquiries, authorization requests, and claims processing.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

To best answer the question what is a HIPAA violation, it is necessary to explain what HIPAA is, who it applies to, and what constitutes a violation; for although most people believe they know what a HIPAA compliance violation is, evidence suggests otherwise. What is HIPAA and Who Does It Apply To? Other Types of HIPAA Law Violation.

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Health Law Advisor

APRIL 13, 2022

What approaches promulgated under section 405(d) of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 do regulated entities rely on when establishing and implementing recognized security practices?

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Health Law RX

APRIL 18, 2022

Covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) have the chance to provide input on two amendments to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH Act”).

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Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) produced a new video on recognized security practices for organizations covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2022

That’s more than any other year to date apart from 2015 when Anthem Inc reported its 78.8 The databases contained extensive patient information, such as contact information, health insurance information, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and medical information. million records.

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Total HIPAA

OCTOBER 28, 2019

He altered patient records as part of a scheme to steal narcotics from a local hospital from January 2013 to May 2015. How to Maintain Compliance with HIPAA. Keeping detailed logs is the first step toward HIPAA compliance. The post How to Stay HIPAA Compliant with Audit Logs appeared first on Total HIPAA Compliance.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2023

For the first time since 2015, there was a year-over-year decline in the number of data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), albeit only by 1.13% with 707 data breaches of 500 or more records reported. There is also a risk of financial penalties from regulators.

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SQA

JUNE 10, 2021

There are 11 regulatory projects for the medical devices’ field: Implementation of the National Implant Registry (RNI) in Brazil’s public and private health services. Commission in March 2015 after the publication, in December 2014, of the Q3D Guideline on Elemental Impurities (EI) by the International Council for Harmonization (ICH).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In March, as states were issuing stay-at-home orders, the FDA published pandemic-specific guidance for trial sponsors, institutional review boards and investigators on how to ensure the safety of their trial participants and reduce risks to trial integrity, while sustaining compliance with good clinical practice.”

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Recently, NIST issued a draft update (SP 800-66r2) to its 2008 publication: An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule, and sought feedback from industry stakeholders ahead of the publication of the final version of the guidance. Background.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Even more significant for CMS, is that for the first time in improper payment reporting history, we have achieved improper payment rate reductions across the board in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Home health corrective actions resulted in a significant $6.92 percent in 2015 to 17.61

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced its first financial penalties of 2022 to resolve alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Three of the cases were settled with OCR, and one resulted in a civil monetary penalty being imposed.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2024

Premera, Excellus, and Community Health Systems, CareFirst conducted a review of its systems which reviewed there had been unauthorized access to one of its databases. In response to major data breaches at Anthem Inc.,

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 25, 2022

Protected health information (PHI) from more than 45.7 This is the second-largest number of records reported breached on the government site since 2015. The 2015 total included the largest single healthcare data breach on record – health insurer Anthem’s 77.8 Cyber insurance can certainly lessen the blow.”.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 28, 2022

GAO explained in its report that between 2015 and 2021, the number of individuals affected by healthcare data breaches at healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and business associates of those entities has ranged from 5 million to 113 million each year.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 18, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights is the main enforcer of HIPAA compliance; however, state Attorneys General also play a role in enforcing compliance with the Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). 2022 New York EyeMed Vision Care $600,000 2.1

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 placed a number of requirements on HIPAA-covered entities to safeguard the Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients, and to strictly control when PHI can be divulged, and to whom. Penalties for Non-Compliance with HIPAA. OCR HIPAA Fines 2020.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 17, 2023

Considering the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is now in its third decade, the Privacy Rule took effect 20 years ago, and compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule has been mandatory for 18 years, there have been relatively few financial penalties over the years, with just 130 imposed by OCR to resolve HIPAA violations.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 29, 2023

hospitals for maternity care UMass Memorial Medical Center to reinstate caregiver mask mandate Massachusetts health system sees over $17M FY ’23 profit Mass. system turns profit for 1st time in 4 years Mass.

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