Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

He leads ClearDATA’s internal privacy, security, and compliance strategies as well as advises on the security and privacy risks faced by customers, which include global healthcare organizations, health insurance companies, providers, life science companies, and market-leading innovators from Asia Pacific, North America, and Europe.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 29, 2023

It has been 27 years since President Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) into law, but compliance is still proving a challenge for many HIPAA-regulated entities. The 2016-2017 HIPAA audit program identified many areas of noncompliance.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Milliman IntelliScript® , an insurtech company with risk assessment solutions for life and health insurers, has acquired OneRecord , a digital healthcare company that empowers consumers to access, aggregate, and share their healthcare data with the people and organizations they trust using standards-based APIs. About OneRecord, LLC.

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The Health Law Firm

MARCH 31, 2016

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On March 21, 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a new round of audits to help ensure compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), especially its Privacy Rule and Security Rule.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

HIPAA was enacted several years before social media networks such as Facebook and Instagram existed, so there are no specific HIPAA compliance rules for social media. For further information on the best ways to avoid HIPAA violations when using social media, seek professional advice from a compliance expert.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The regulations may provide an opportunity for health insurers to attract new members – and retain existing ones – with hearing loss. Health plans can also combine an expanded hearing benefit with member education on how to use hearing aids and the importance of wearing them at least eight hours daily. Epub 2016 Aug 23.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

A pharmaceutical sales rep has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit healthcare fraud and wrongfully disclosing and obtaining patients’ protected health information in an elaborate healthcare fraud scheme involving criminal HIPAA violations.

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Health Care Law Brief

JULY 25, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (“ HHS ”) released its final rule (“ Final Rule ”) implementing penalties for information blocking. The Final Rule codifies the prohibition on “information blocking” introduced by the 21st Century Cures Act (“ Act ”), which was enacted on December 13, 2016. 1033, (2016); 42 U.S.C.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 18, 2023

“In lieu of” services can be used as immediate or longer-term substitutes for state-covered services or settings to offset potential future acute or institutional care and improve the quality and health outcomes for the enrollee.

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Total HIPAA

JULY 21, 2020

HIPAA compliance for employers is a complicated and nuanced topic. No employer group is the same when it comes to supplying health benefits to their employees. Up to now, the DOL has been relatively quiet on privacy and security concerns, though they did convene a conference in 2016 to address this issue.

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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 billion from 2016 to 2018.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Include functionality to determine requirements for any other data, forms, or medical record documentation required by the payer for the items or services for which the provider is seeking prior authorization and while maintaining compliance with the mandatory HIPAA transaction standards. Identifying Previous and Concurrent Payors and Opt In.

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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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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Patient care is covered by Medicare and is available under most major insurance providers. Founded in 2016, XRHealth is the first company to create virtual reality clinics that provide remote care to patients throughout the United States and is covered by most major health insurance companies as well as medicare.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2024

The lawsuit was dismissed in 2016 due to a lack of standing, as the plaintiffs failed to allege a concrete, identifiable injury had been sustained as a result of the breach. The lawsuit, which named seven policyholders as plaintiffs, alleged breach of contract and violations of the Consumer Protection Acts in Maryland and Virginia.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 17, 2022

Former regulators, health data security experts, and privacy advocates who reviewed The Markup’s findings said the hospitals in question may have violated the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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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

JANUARY 1, 2023

In April 2016, the Raleigh Orthopedic Clinic in North Carolina was fined $750,000 for contracting an outside vendor to convert X-ray films to digital form and then allowing the vendor to harvest the silver from the films. HIPAA Compliance Infographics. Milestones of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Government mandates were an impetus for change, starting with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to “promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology” (Office of Civil Rights (OCR), 2017).

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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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Health Populi

AUGUST 19, 2019

Data security breaches, access challenges, and privacy leakages plague the current state of Americans’ personal health information (PHI). News & World Report in 2016-17. In contrast, average escalations would be 2, days to send 8, and follow-up calls 3. hospitals based on the “top hospitals” list published by U.S.

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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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