HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2022

Notification letters were mailed on February 22, 2022, and complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services have been offered to individuals whose Social Security number or driver’s license number was exposed. Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, California. Valley View Hospital, Colorado.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 9, 2022

Assisted by a third-party cybersecurity company, Montrose Regional Health discovered multiple employee email accounts had been accessed by unauthorized individuals between August 2, 2021, and October 26, 2021. Montrose Regional Health said it found no evidence of misuse of any of the information stored in the email accounts.

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Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

Nearly every respondent in the study reported having health insurance coverage. Among those covered with insurance, one-half had employer-sponsored insurance, 1 in 4 Medicare, and 13%, individual cover. Another 8% had Medicaid or a state health insurance program.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 8, 2023

According to the May 22, 2023, breach notice, the incidents occurred in 2021. PVOC discovered on March 3, 2022, that malware had been installed on the servers of the vendors between November 13, 2021, and November 15, 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 8, 2022

Advanced Medical Practice Management Sends Notification Letters About July 2021 Cyberattack and Data Theft Incident. AMPM identified suspicious activity related to files within its IT environment on August 5, 2021, and immediately secured its network.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 13, 2022

Wellstar Health learned about the security breach on February 7, 2022, with the forensic investigation confirming that the breach was limited to two email accounts. The email accounts were discovered to have been compromised between December 6, 2021, and January 3, 2022. No other systems were compromised.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The breach involved names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, financial account information, health insurance policy numbers, medical record numbers, Medicaid/Medicare IDs, and health information, including diagnosis and treatment information.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 10, 2023

On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) PPS rule for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule increases the rate for IPPS payments by 3.3% in FY 2024 but applies a 0.2%

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2022

2021 saw 714 data breaches of 500 or more records reported to the OCR – an 11% increase from the previous year. Large health systems store millions of patient records and even relatively small healthcare providers may store the records of hundreds of thousands of patients. How do Hackers Make Money from Stolen Medical Data?

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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. For example, services that are billed to Medicaid or Medicare must comply with regulations that may not apply to services that are paid for in cash. 1, 2021). [2]

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 6, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the proposed rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Proposed Rule”). Refining Definitions for Fully Integrated and Highly Integrated D-SNPs (§§ 422.2

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

According to a recent Rock Health report , the first half of 2022 saw 329 digital health funding deals totaling $10.3 billion raised in the first half of 2021 across 372 deals. “To billion—down from $14.7 Dr. Jain contributes healthcare delivery reform insight. He also serves on the boards of Cardiovascular Systems Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

And with the Public Health Emergency (PHE) set to expire in January, stakeholders are urgently calling upon Congress to pass the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021. Both are life-saving measures for delivering mental and behavioral health services and treating people with substance use disorders.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

AMA scrutinizes lack of competition, consumer harms in Medicare Advantage plans. CMS makes big changes to Medicare Shared Savings Program. 2 orthopedic hospitals facing Medicare readmission penalties. New vice president named at Baptist Health Lexington. EKU, Baptist Health announce naming rights partnership.

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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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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

4 Health Systems Join Provider-Created Data Collective to Improve Care. House passes reform to Medicare Advantage prior authorizations. Colorado will provide free education to students for health care jobs as it tries to fill dire worker shortages. billion in profit in 2021. Health Dept.: CONNECTICUT.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In our November 9, 2021, blog post on the No Surprises Act (“NSA”), we discussed new consumer protections against surprise out-of-network bills. In addition to protecting insured consumers from balance billing, the NSA protects uninsured (or self-pay) individuals from many unexpectedly high medical bills.

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital Loses Medicaid, Medicare Funding. SuperCare Health sued after data breach of 318,000 patient files. Sutter Health: Nurses who staged 1-day strike must wait 5 days to return to work. Thousands of health care workers strike over staffing, COVID protocols, pay.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Here’s why Grady Health System recognized as health care I.T. Million Health Care Fraud Conspiracy in Idaho Orthopedic activity in the 5 most underserved states St. with historic building purchase MICHIGAN Bronson raises capital campaign goal to $4.5M

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Aspen U surrenders nursing program license. Aspen University in Phoenix surrenders nursing program license, failing to meet NCLEX first-time pass rate. Kindred Behavioral Health and Dignity Health Announce Plans for New Inpatient Behavioral Health Hospital in Glendale. Centura Health trims 1% of workforce.

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Healthcare Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

The expansive legislation includes key health care provisions, including drug pricing reforms, inflationary rebates, Medicare Part D benefit redesign, as well as myriad other updates. Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022.

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Hall Render

APRIL 15, 2022

34 urban hospitals win challenge to Medicare rate formula change. Bipartisan Bill Aims to Increase Access to Virtual Mental Health Services. rate hike for Medicare Advantage, Part D plans in 2023. Major insurers are scamming billions from Medicare, whistle-blowers say. Mercy Health-Cincinnati fills C-suite post.

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Hall Render

APRIL 26, 2024

in 256-Slice CT scanner Lifepoint reports $200M+ economic impact in Cen Ky St. in 256-Slice CT scanner Lifepoint reports $200M+ economic impact in Cen Ky St. Elizabeth Healthcare to open doors of new Cancer Center-Dearborn in Southeastern Indiana St. MASSACHUSETTS High demand is pushing hospitals past their limits, say Southeastern Mass.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 2, 2023

OCR Announces 11 Enforcement Actions – One CMP and 10 settlements were announced by OCR in July 2021 to resolve Right of Access violations. Milestones of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Failure to Enter into a HIPAA-Compliant Business Associate Agreement. Are HIPAA violations common?

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them?

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Hall Render

APRIL 28, 2023

on EHR upgrade New SSM Health children’s developmental center opening today Illinois Capitol bills would give more money to community health centers Illinois physician selected for year-long NASA Mars simulation HSHS St. renovation Police: Man facing arson charges after setting 3 fires inside Florida hospital St.

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Hall Render

MARCH 17, 2023

difficile Massachusetts health center notifies 10K patients of data breach Governor Healey weighs in on proposed western Massachusetts nursing home closures 4 hospitalized, 70 evacuated in carbon monoxide leak at Concord, Mass. nursing home Massachusetts hospitals spent $1.5B in Indiana aging-in-place work. and Del.

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

into cutting opioids in hospitals ISU and University of Utah partnership aims to combat Idaho’s mental health crisis Presbyterian-UnityPoint merger moves forward St. .’ no longer calls for masks at all health care facilities to fight COVID-19, Gov.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

million into USF Health’s new nursing simulation lab UF Health to open ER in former Lake County CVS Nurse Practitioner Convicted of $200M Health Care Fraud Scheme Florida joins 3 other states in adopting new, paid maternity leave for state workers GEORGIA Albany nonprofit addresses medical debt with D.C.

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Hall Render

JUNE 2, 2023

to resolve False Claims allegations Q&A with Ken DeFurio, CEO of the new Independence Health System St. to resolve False Claims allegations Q&A with Ken DeFurio, CEO of the new Independence Health System St.

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