HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Five former employees of Methodist Hospital in Tennessee have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Memphis for criminal violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for impermissibly accessing the protected health information of patients and providing that information to another individual for financial gain.

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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?

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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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.

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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 average HIPAA penalty has fallen from $2.6 The average HIPAA penalty has fallen from $2.6

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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

AUGUST 28, 2023

The UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company (UHIC) has agreed to settle an alleged failure to provide timely access to Protected Health Information for $80,000. The post Potential HIPAA Right of Access Violation Settled for $80,000 appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Avalon Healthcare has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state laws with the Oregon and Utah Attorneys General that were uncovered during an investigation of a 2019 breach of the personal and protected health information of 14,500 of its employees and patients.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

The majority of HIPAA-covered entities, business associates, and healthcare employees take great care to ensure HIPAA Rules are followed, but what happens when there is accidental HIPAA. How Should Employees Report an Accidental HIPAA Violation? How Should Covered Entities Respond to an Accidental HIPAA Violation?

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 2, 2023

The settlements pursued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are for egregious violations of HIPAA Rules. Settlements are also pursued to highlight common HIPAA violations to raise awareness of the need to comply with specific aspects of HIPAA Rules.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 6, 2023

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing a plastic surgery provider for falsely inflating online ratings, bribing, and threatening patients, and alleges the actions of the practice violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S.

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Compliancy Group

AUGUST 19, 2022

On Friday afternoon, July 15, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced 11 enforcement actions against healthcare providers across the country for alleged violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule right of access provisions. The patient filed a complaint with OCR in April 2019. Learn More! ×

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 5, 2024

Traditional enforcement priorities for HHS’ Office of Civil Rights, would include enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy Rule right of access and enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule. In 2023, OCR continued to enforce compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule right of access rule. So, what are our 2024 HIPAA predictions?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Cerebral’s investigation concluded that the data might be considered protected health information and that it had failed to make sure that these third parties met HIPAA requirements for protecting PHI. According to the letter, Cerebral has been using such technology since it began doing business on October 12, 2019.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 25, 2018

The tea leaves have been brewing here at THINK-Health as we prepared our 2019 forecast at the convergence of consumers, health, and technology. Expect health care costs and access to be at least as important to U.S. A key health care cost focus of Congress will target prescription drug costs.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 1, 2022

An HHS study released in December 2021 showed 2020 telehealth usage for Medicare patients increased 63-fold over 2019 (840,000 to 52.7 Regardless of the method used, communications such as cloud-based VoIP, telehealth, texting, and email in healthcare must comply fully with HIPAA rules and regulations. . Compliancy Group can help!

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) settled its investigation of a potential Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) violation by a primary care provider in Florida. On December 15, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S. More Information.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 19, 2023

Kaiser Permanente has been fined $450,000 by the California Department of Managed Care (CDMC) for impermissibly disclosing the confidential and protected health information (PHI) of up to 167,095 health plan members. As a result of that failure to act, a further 175,000 mailings were potentially sent to incorrect addresses.

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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 Protected health information (PHI) from more than 45.7 Cyber insurance can certainly lessen the blow.”.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2022

On June 28, 2019, Solara Medical identified suspicious activity in an employee email account. The subsequent investigation confirmed unauthorized individuals had gained access to multiple Office 365 email accounts between April 2, 2019, and June 20, 2019, as a result of employees responding to phishing emails.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 19, 2022

million settlement proposed by Solara Medical Supplies to resolve a class action lawsuit related to a 2019 data breach has received preliminary approval from the court. Million Data Breach Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval appeared first on HIPAA Journal. The post Solara Medical Supplies $9.76

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 24, 2023

The firewall provider released an updated version of the firewall software in January 2019, but Practicefirst failed to apply the update. The protected health information stored on its systems was also not encrypted. Practicefirst agreed to settle the alleged violations of HIPAA and state law.

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Med-Net Compliance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the resolution of three investigations concerning potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule’s patient right of access provision.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

BWPO said the backup file included data from January 1, 2017, to May 1, 2019, including names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, medical record numbers, health insurance numbers, and limited clinical information, such as lab results, procedures, medications, and diagnoses related to care provided at BWPO.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 6, 2023

hospitals have been using tracking software on their websites that captures visitor data, including health information, and transfers that information to third parties. The study – published this month in Health Affairs – was conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. New research indicates virtually all U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

. – was filed in the Arizona Superior Court against Magellan Health Inc. and Magellan RX Management, LLC on behalf of patients whose protected health information was exposed in a May 2019 phishing attack. The plaintiffs also took issue with how Magellan Health handled the data breach and the delay in issuing notifications.

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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

We need a “new needs model” for the digital age, asserts a new report, Human Needs in a Digital World , the 2019 Digital Society Index report from the Dentsu Aegis network. The post Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2022

The report includes healthcare data breaches reported to regulators, as well as data breaches that have been reported in the media, incidents that have not been disclosed by the breached entity, and data breaches involving healthcare data at non-HIPAA-regulated entities. The data for the report was provided by databreaches.net.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to the Trident website, the Trident Center closed on December 31, 2019. The post Unsecured Database Exposed 16,000+ Children’s Records appeared first on HIPAA Journal. There were no indications that the database included test data or dummy records and, in many cases, the records recorded behavioral problems in great detail.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2022

Hackers gained access to a single file server housing files that contained patients’ protected health information such as names, contact information, insurance claim information, date(s) of service, medical bill account number, and health insurance informa­tion.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2022

The HHS Office for Civil Rights resolved 11 investigations as part of its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative , issuing fines ranging from $3,500 for a Massachusetts psychiatric consultant to $240,000 for the 17-hospital Memorial Hermann Health System. “It ONC released the United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 3 (USCDI v3).

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2023

Cerebral is a fully remote telehealth provider that provides access to mental health services, including online therapy, mental health assessments, and visits with clinicians to treat mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Million Cerebral Platform Users appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Prompt notification is a requirement of the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule and is important for patients, as it allows them to take appropriate steps to protect themselves against misuse of their information. In August 2019, a major email breach was reported that affected 1,120,629 patients.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 1, 2022

Consumers may mistakenly believe that HIPAA applies to these apps because if the same data were to be collected by a healthcare provider – a HIPAA-covered entity – the information would be classed as protected health information and the HIPAA Rules would apply. The companies have been given until July 6, 2022, to respond.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Conway Regional Medical Center, a non-profit healthcare system in north central Arkansas, has proposed a $295,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that was filed on behalf of individuals affected by a 2019 data breach. The data breach in question occurred in June 2019. Following the breach, a lawsuit – Danielle Marshall v.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 20, 2023

This builds on the HIPAA Transactions Rule standards for financial and administrative transactions among health care providers and health plans and aligns with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interoperability regulations.

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HIPAA & Health IT

JANUARY 14, 2021

Flo Health, Inc., which marketed an app used by more than 100 million women interested in tracking their personal menstruation and fertility information, seems to be getting off easily as compared with HIPAA-covered entities who misuse individual health information.

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