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June 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report

HIPAA Journal

June 2022 saw 70 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) – two fewer than May and one fewer than June 2021. For the third successive month, the number of exposed or compromised records has increased. Electronic Medical Record.

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Healthcare Remains Top Target in 2022 ITRC Breach Report

Compliancy Group

In 2021, 15 percent of the breaches tracked by ITRC affected healthcare companies. Cyberattacks continued to be criminals’ weapons of choice, with 1,595 breaches in 2022, a slight decrease from 1,613 in 2021, with drops year-over-year in the number of breaches attributed to phishing, ransomware, and malware.

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Med Claims Compliance secures 5-year contract with Texas CNS Hospital

Med Com Blog

December 14, 2021 9:21AM CST. Austin, Texas) Med Claims Compliance (MCC) is pleased to announce one of their newest customers in Northeast Texas. This will allow us to enhance our documentation, cost reports, Medicaid compliance, and Federal Qualified Health Center (FQHC) strategic services for the hospital and physicians alike.

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1H 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report

HIPAA Journal

Between January 1, 2022, and June 30, 2022, 347 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) – the same number of data breaches reported in 2H, 2021. The number of healthcare records breached has continued to fall. In 1H, 2021, 27.6

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Careficient Acquires Home Health, Hospice, Home Care, Palliative and RCM Solutions from Net Health

Healthcare IT Today

a leading provider of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solutions, today announced the acquisition of Net Health ’s EMR line of home health, hospice, home care, and palliative solutions and RCM services (collectively, “home health and hospice”). Careficient Inc. ,

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At Least 32 Providers Affected by Ciox Vendor Email Breach

Compliancy Group

In a post on their website, the Alpharetta, Georgia-based company admitted that an unauthorized person accessed one Ciox employee’s email account between June 24 and July 2, 2021. The breach was not discovered until September 24, 2021, and the investigative review was completed on November 2, 2021.

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Webinar Recap: Elevate Your Referring and Ordering Physician Monitoring

Provider Trust

Continuous compliance begins with automated monitoring, cross-departmental communication, and population-specific workflow. In a recent webinar , ProviderTrust Founder Michael Rosen and Chief Compliance Officer Donna Thiel detailed ways in which your organization can effectively monitor your unique provider populations.