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JUNE 10, 2021

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary #4, 2021. Brazilian Regulators Update Economic Monitoring Requirements for Some Medical Devices, 26 March 2021. The new regulation takes effect on 01 April 2021. ANVISA: The Advances of 2020 in Regulatory Quality Improvement, 31 March 2021.

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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). However, your organization should not address only “HIPAA” or only “HITECH”. What is “HITECH”?

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Michigan law firm, Warner Norcross and Judd LLP, has issued notification letters to 255,160 individuals advising them about an October 2021 security breach in which files containing their personal and protected health information were potentially accessed and exfiltrated from its systems.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

million being defrauded from Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance programs. According to the FBI, more than $43 billion was lost to these scams between June 2016 and December 2021, and in 2021 alone, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center received reports of losses of $2,395,953,296 to BEC scams.

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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). However, your organization should not address only “HIPAA” or only “HITECH”. What is “HITECH”?

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Education was the most extensively targeted sector in Q3, experiencing an 18% rise in attacks, followed by government/military which saw a 20% increase. Healthcare was the third most targeted sector with an average of 1,426 attacks per month, but saw the second highest percentage increase in attacks, increasing by 60% from 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 16, 2022

The data breach that sparked the lawsuit was announced by the healthcare provider in May 2021 and was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as affecting 125,500 patients, although the total was later revised to 154,513 patients. Netgain Technologies reportedly paid a $2.3

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2022

The types of data in the files varied from individual to individual and may have included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, treatment information, and/or health insurance information. A limited number of patients also had financial account information exposed.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Urology of Greater Atlanta Notifies Almost 80,000 Patients About August 2021 Data Breach. Urology of Greater Atlanta has now confirmed that it was the victim of a cyberattack that was detected on August 29, 2021. The VA concluded that there was a low risk of misuse of that information.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The investigation revealed files were exfiltrated from its network more than a year previously, on or around October 30, 2021. A review of the files exfiltrated from its system confirmed they contained patient names, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, demographic information, and limited medical information.

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Innovaare Compliance

MARCH 24, 2024

Balancing AI-Driven Payment Integrity with Provider Relations A large health insurance company implemented an AI-powered payment integrity system to identify and prevent potential fraud, waste, and abuse in healthcare claims. They also streamlined their dispute resolution process to ensure quick and fair resolutions.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2022

million in 2021. In addition, Healthcare software providers and organizations must comply with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Ransomware plagued healthcare organizations in 2020 and 2021, and 2022. Data breaches. The average cost of the healthcare data breach was $9.6 Ransomware.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Confidentiality Laws and regulations govern the confidentiality of medical data. In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Confidentiality Laws and regulations govern the confidentiality of medical data. In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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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 By the Numbers: Major Healthcare Data Breaches Increase in 2021. million records in 2021.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

To obtain more information about mitigating the risk of a HIPAA violation, please consult with legal counsel or a HIPAA Security Consultant. These themes range from techniques regarding the location of computers to the usage of firewall software to protect health information. Violating HIPAA law 104-191 can be costly.

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AIHC

JUNE 14, 2023

The Federal Drug Administration & AI The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) released a discussion paper in 2019 and then an action plan on January 21, 2021 regarding Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, or AI/ML. NIST published prior documents related to AI. Parts 160 and 164, Subparts A, C, and E).

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AIHC

MARCH 14, 2023

an AIHC member and Volunteer on the CEU Education Committee The right of access and information blocking are both related to the access and exchange of health information, but they are different in several key ways. HIPAA Privacy/Security and Compliance Officers and Health Information Management professionals need to know the difference.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MAY 31, 2022

The FTC’s increasing interest in health information that sits outside of HHS/OCR’s reach is likely to only expand in light of health-related metaverse use cases. The healthcare system in the United States is governed by an expansive network of state and federal laws, including the aforementioned HIPAA regulations.

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Health Care Law Brief

JULY 25, 2023

Unlike developers, exchanges, and networks, the Act does not empower OIG to directly assess penalties for non-compliance against health care providers. [6] At a recent health care conference , HHS officials stated that they anticipate the provider disincentive rules to be published this fall. 1] See 21st Century Cures Act, Pub.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 21, 2023

Added to this complexity, regulations around the privacy and security of information, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA] in the US, and GDPR throughout the EU must be adhered to. million patients affected by data breaches in 2021 alone.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

As digital health industry stakeholders will be convening at the 2021 annual HIMSS conference in Las Vegas and digitally, this report is well-timed to give us a level-set on just “where” U.S. health citizens are with respect to their medical information. One pillar of that trust is privacy. Patients in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2021

million in 2021 and is expected to reach $390.9 million in five years— health IT developers need to take several facts into account while mapping out their API strategy. To contribute to and benefit from the healthcare API market—which is globally estimated to be worth $277.4 1) APIs in healthcare are more complex than in enterprise.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes indicates that in 2021 the U.S. percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare, which was almost two times the average of other high-income countries, while the health outcomes in the U.S. Why this Trend of Value-Based Care?

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 28, 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) establish a feedback mechanism to improve the effectiveness of its data breach reporting process. OCR is the main enforcer of compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes indicates that in 2021 the U.S. percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare, which was almost two times the average of other high-income countries, while the health outcomes in the U.S. Why this Trend of Value-Based Care?

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 3, 2023

The compromised information varied from patient to patient and may have included first and last names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, government-issued identification numbers, health insurance information, medical conditions/diagnoses, and other health or medical information.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law and one of its requirements was for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a national patient identifier system. Rand Paul, is to stop government involvement in an individual’s healthcare. “As

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

The story began to change in late 2021 as steep inflation took center stage thanks to a near-perfect confluence of excess liquidity, demand acceleration, and supply constraints. Act I: Pre-COVID (Pre-2020) Act II: Post-COVID (2020 – 2021) Act III: Post-Inflation (2022 – ?). The private debt market is tightening.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In 2021, healthcare data breaches impacted 45 million people. The Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Office for Civil Rights received reports of 63 breaches of 500+ records in September 2022. increase from 2021. While AI will increase effectiveness and efficiency, some worry about the cost. Consider the numbers.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

CorrectHealth Notifies 54,000 Patients About November 2021 Email System Breach. The breach was detected on November 10, 2021, with the investigation confirming several employee email accounts had been accessed by an unauthorized individual. UF Health Shands said the individual is no longer employed by UF Health Shands.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 9, 2023

During the month of the breach, a cybercriminal was able to access various confidential files, including patient data such as names, contact details, treatments, diagnoses, patient account numbers, their dentist’s names as well as billing details and health insurance data.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The investigation confirmed that several employee email accounts had been accessed by an unknown actor between November 4, 2021, and February 14, 2022. Those email accounts were discovered to contain the personal and protected health information of current and former Centerstone clients.

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Health Law Advisor

MAY 5, 2022

While regulatory and enforcement mandates require consistency, transparency and precision in the acquisition and utilization of sensitive data, the current governing AI environment, especially in health care, is one of an incomplete, and sometimes contradictory, patchwork of laws and regulations.

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Health Law Advisor

JUNE 17, 2022

Specifically, the Texas Human Life Protection Act of 2021 (“TXHLPA”) would create a felony offense against any person who “knowingly performs, induces, or attempts an abortion.” [2] HIPAA Background. 7] Generally, HIPAA preempts contradictory state law (e.g., 7] Generally, HIPAA preempts contradictory state law (e.g.,

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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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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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