HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 19, 2023

ADEC Innovations Healthcare has recently been confirmed as being in full compliance with all appropriate provisions of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Omnibus Rules, and the HITECH Act.

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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). Dental Practitioner Fined $30,000 for Noncompliance with the HIPAA Right of Access. Dr. Donald Brockley D.D.M,

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 26, 2023

HIPAA enforcement discretion occurs when the Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the Department will exercise discretion in the enforcement of HIPAA Rules. Typically, Notices of Enforcement Discretion last between 72 hours and 60 days, are state or region-specific and apply to specific provisions of the HIPAA Rules.

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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. Now that H.R.

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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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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

JANUARY 12, 2023

One of the challenges with developing HIPAA was to create rules that would correct inefficiencies and get the healthcare system working more harmoniously. The way that HIPAA needed to be written has naturally led to the legislation receiving a lot of criticism. How HIPAA has Benefited Healthcare Organizations.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 27, 2022

The final chapter of the Excellus Health Plan 2015 data breach that affected more than 9.3 A settlement has been reached between the plaintiffs’ attorneys and the company in the Excellus HIPAA class action lawsuit, pending judicial review. Basis of Excellus HIPAA Class Action Lawsuit. The hidden benefits of HIPAA compliance: .

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

There are – and always have been – gaps in HIPAA and, after more than a quarter of a century, some have yet to be addressed. Most of the gaps in HIPAA are attributable to omissions from the original Act, provisions of HIPAA and HITECH that have never been enacted, and the increasing use of technology in healthcare.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2022

It has been another bad year for healthcare data breaches, with some of the biggest HIPAA breaches of 2022 resulting in the impermissible disclosure of well over a million records. That’s more than any other year to date apart from 2015 when Anthem Inc reported its 78.8 The Biggest HIPAA Breaches of 2022. Million Records.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 25, 2022

With at least six weeks before final numbers are in, the Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool website is reporting 713 major healthcare data breaches in 2021, an increase of more than 7.5 This is the second-largest number of records reported breached on the government site since 2015. million individuals.

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Health Law Advisor

APRIL 13, 2022

With respect to its request for comment on sharing of civil monetary penalties and settlements, OCR explained: [ t]he RFI also will help OCR consider ways to share funds collected through enforcement with individuals who are harmed by violations of the HIPAA Rules.”. Sharing Funds with Individuals Harmed Due to HIPAA Violation.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 16, 2022

At first glance, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights HIPAA enforcement for the year 2022 appears to be lax. In 2022, OCR entered into 20 resolution agreements with HIPAA-covered entities, and imposed civil monetary penalties on two more. HIPAA Fines 2022 Review: Stop Making Sense. Find Out More!

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

Aside from 2015, the number of reported security breaches in healthcare has increased every year although the rate of increase is slowing and 2024 could see the healthcare industry start to turn the corner. In January 2024, the CPGs were unveiled. In 2023, an average of 373,788 healthcare records were breached every day. There was a 10.4%

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2024

CareFirst announced the data breach in May 2015 and explained that a single database was compromised that stored data that members and other individuals enter to access CareFirst’s websites and online services. In response to major data breaches at Anthem Inc.,

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Total HIPAA

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A newsletter on the importance of importance of HIPAA logging requirements states this: 1. He altered patient records as part of a scheme to steal narcotics from a local hospital from January 2013 to May 2015. What HIPAA Security Rule Mandates. You can follow a HIPAA audit log template for your records.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 6, 2023

The Department of Justice has announced one of its first prosecutions under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 in a case involving the theft and sale of Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers. The post Florida Man Pleads Guilty in Medicare Beneficiary Identifier Trafficking Case appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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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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HIPAA Journal

JULY 11, 2023

While the total number of affected individuals has not yet been confirmed, the breach is understood to have affected 11 million+ patients, which would make this the joint third-largest healthcare data breach to be reported by a HIPAA-regulated entity.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If the first HHS settlement of 2024 is any indication of what’s to come, it’s going to be an expensive year for violators of HIPAA. On February 6, 2024, Montefiore Medical Center reached a settlement with the HHS over potential HIPAA Security Rule violations. To close the investigation, Montefiore agreed to pay $4.75

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JUNE 2, 2020

HIPAA compliant file sharing apps are necessary if your company is dealing with personal health data. Most importantly, all the products reviewed are HIPAA compliant file sharing applications. HIPAA compliant file sharing apps that we reviewed are following: Accellion Box Dropbox Egnyte FTP Today G Suite OneDrive ShareFile Syncplicity.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

Capital raise comes amid rapidly growing demand for the company’s HIPAA compliant email and marketing solutions. Paubox , a leading provider of HIPAA compliant email and marketing solutions for healthcare organizations, today announced it has raised $10 million in funding from Arthur Ventures. Founded in 2015, Paubox is on the Inc.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The focus of this article is to “connect the dots” between Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regarding privacy and security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). HITECH puts a “bite” into specific elements of the HIPAA rule, such as higher penalty amounts for non-compliance.

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HIPAA & Health IT

DECEMBER 28, 2020

7898 , sent to the President for signature on December 24, 2020 may be the HIPAA holiday gift covered entities and business associates have been waiting for. It is up to the covered entity or business associate to decide which recognized security practices to implement, consistent with the HIPAA Security Rule. 7898 takes effect.

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Health Care Law Brief

MAY 6, 2022

HHS seeks this information to be better informed when making determinations regarding fines, audits, and remedies after a potential violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Security Rule. Uncorrected violations under the HITECH Act can carry a minimum of $50,000 per violation in civil penalties.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 10, 2023

HIPAA requires data breaches to be reported, but the HHS only tracks cyberattack-related data breaches as hacking/IT incidents. Across the 701 data breaches, the records of 51,884,675 individuals have been breached, which is more than any year other than 2015, which included the 78.8 million-record breach at Anthem Inc.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Before what he referred to as the major ramp up in attacks against healthcare that began in 2015, there was "an appreciable minority of patients who were uncomfortable providing all their information to their doctors," he told attendees at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum in Boston earlier this month.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The focus of this article is to “connect the dots” between Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regarding privacy and security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). HITECH puts a “bite” into specific elements of the HIPAA rule, such as higher penalty amounts for non-compliance.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Steven Brown, ACLU of RI Executive Director, told HIPAA Journal, “To this day, it remains unclear how and why UHC provided RIPTA with the personal and healthcare information of non-RIPTA state employees, and why it took over four months for RIPTA to notify both their employees and other affected individuals that their information had been hacked.”.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 21, 2022

In 2015, three individuals were arrested in connection with the scheme following an investigation by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in New Orleans and the U.S. The post 15-Month Jail Term for Woman Who Stole Over $200,000 Using Stolen Patient Data appeared first on HIPAA Journal. Postal Inspection Service.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 1, 2019

This is the first major institutional funding round for BurstIQ, which was founded in 2015 and has been financially sustainable since 2016, generating millions in annual revenue through commercial partnerships with marquee […]. BurstIQ and Elsewhere Partners announced today that they have closed a Series A capital raise, providing $5.5

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JANUARY 18, 2023

Each year, we publish Microsoft’s End of Support list because using up-to-date software is essential for HIPAA compliance. So, what does this mean for users who need to stay HIPAA compliant ? Under the HIPAA Security Rule 45 C.F.R. Skype for Business 2015. How Do I Make Sure My Business Is HIPAA-Compliant?

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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. Discussion Points: Review policies and procedures related to HIPAA, PHI, and the Security Rule.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The HITECH Act update does not create a safe harbor for organizations that have implemented Recognized Security Practices granting them immunity from liability for HIPAA Security Rule violations, and it will not prevent OCR from imposing financial penalties when HIPAA Security Rule violations are discovered. Background.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 12, 2024

The protection of patient data, adherence to privacy regulations like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the United States, and the prevention of cyber threats have become paramount concerns. Compliance in healthcare began to encompass billing, fraud, and abuse prevention.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

HIPAA Journal is conducting interviews with healthcare professionals and service providers to find out more about their compliance journeys, how the HIPAA Rules have affected their working lives, and the successes and challenges they have faced with HIPAA compliance. When did you first get involved with HIPAA compliance?

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Every year, we publish Microsoft’s End of Support list because using up-to-date programming is key for HIPAA compliance. So, what does this mean for users who need to stay HIPAA compliant ? Under the HIPAA Security Rule 45 C.F.R. Dynamics C5 2015. Dynamics CRM 2015. Dynamics SL 2015. Dynamics NAV 2015.

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