HIPAA Journal

MARCH 6, 2023

Cedar Park, TX-based Dental Health Management Solutions (DHMS), a provider of dental services to the government/military and private patients has recently announced – via its legal counsel – that the protected health information of certain patients was exposed in a 2021 hacking incident.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Avem Health Partners, an Oklahoma City-based provider of administrative and technology services to healthcare organizations, has recently started notifying its healthcare clients about a data breach that occurred at one of its vendors, 365 Data Centers. Emory Healthcare was notified about the privacy breach by the U.S.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2023

In fact, the United States remains the only OECD country without a nation-wide paid parental leave scheme, after a recent failed attempt to introduce one through the 2021 American Families Plan. The post Parental Leave Has Proven It Works — It Is Time to Talk About Assisted Reproduction Leave first appeared on Bill of Health.

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 9, 2022

This year’s 129-page report also includes information about the amounts deposited and appropriated to the Medicare Trust Fund, as well as the source of such deposits. During the fiscal year 2021, the report states that the federal government won or negotiated over $5 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements. Of this $1.9

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MedTrainer

JUNE 5, 2023

Many healthcare providers might remember rumblings of the MATE Act back in 2021, when the legislation was originally proposed. Now, effective June 27, 2023, all Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered practitioners will need to complete a one-time, eight-hour training requirement for DEA licensing (every three years).

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2022

RAA said suspicious activity was detected within its environment in August 2021. The forensic investigation confirmed that unauthorized individuals had access to certain systems between July 22, 2021, and August 3, 2021, and copied files from its network that contained patient data.

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Verisys

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A Story About Provider Data, And Why It Has Become So Complex While leaving her house to visit her grandson, Sue falls and twists her knee. Many health plans struggle to maintain correct, complete, and current information about providers in their network with today’s complex health landscape.

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Verisys

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A Story About Provider Data, And Why It Has Become So Complex While leaving her house to visit her grandson, Sue falls and twists her knee. Many health plans struggle to maintain correct, complete, and current information about providers in their network with today’s complex health landscape.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 28, 2023

government has a “paid-up license to practice or have practiced for or on behalf of the United States” the invention “throughout the world” ( 35 U.S.C. 202(c)(4) ), and separately, the right to force the licensing of the invention to one or more third parties, for any use, if the funding agency finds the action necessary.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register in June and July 2021: On June 7, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. On June 7, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. On June 7, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. On June 7, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. On June 7, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. See N.J.A.C. See N.J.A.C.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In 2021, more than 330,000 healthcare providers left the workforce— 117,000 physicians, 53,295 nurse practitioners, 22,704 physician assistants, 22,032 physical therapists, and 15,578 licensed clinical social workers. It’s not just about the fee; it’s about the return on investment and how quickly that return can be realized.

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Florida Health Care Law Firm

DECEMBER 10, 2021

After much uncertainty about what DME products would actually be included upon its implementation, Round 2021 of Medicare’s Competitive Bidding Program (“CBP”) kicked off at the beginning of this year. Ancillary and newly related investigations have still been in full force in 2021, with no signs of slowing down in 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 25, 2022

The forensic investigation revealed the email accounts were accessed by unauthorized individuals between April 7, 2021, and June 2, 2021. AHA provided notice about the attack on January 6, 2021. UMC was a victim of a REvil ransomware attack in June 2021 that resulted in the theft of the protected health information of 1.3

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SQA

DECEMBER 10, 2021

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary #6, 2021. Brazil’s New UDI Requirements for Medical Devices: Compliance Implications for Manufacturers, 02 August 2021. It is anticipated that ANVISA will review stakeholder feedback on the public consultation through November 2021, then issue a final regulation on UDI in December 2021.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary, #1 2021. ANVISA has Published its Annual Management Plan (PGA) for 2021, which Comprises 61 Goals and Actions, 16 December 2020. NMPA Adjusts Classification Catalog and Down-Classifies Some Medical Devices, 19 January 2021. Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA).

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Thanks to the conditions brought about by the pandemic, telemedicine is now an increasingly popular format for diagnosing and treating a variety of conditions. Just a few years ago, the telemedicine market had a size of about $42 billion. Today, there are about 1,387 telehealth businesses in the U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 3, 2023

Precision Imaging Centers in Jacksonville, FL, has recently notified 31,010 patients about a security breach that occurred on or around November 2, 2022. According to the notification letters, a computer network outage occurred on September 14, 2021.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

All certifications and licenses must be verified for every provider who administers services to patients. This includes each practitioner’s education, medical training, residency, licenses, as well as any certifications issued by a board in the physician’s area of specialty. Mistake No. 4: Not updating and verifying information.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Family Christian Health Center (FCHC) in Illinois has announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack in November 2021 that compromised the protected health information of 31,000 patients. The attackers compromised FCHC’s old dental system which contained the PHI of patients who had received dental services prior to August 31, 2020.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 11, 2023

million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit filed in response to a 2021 hacking incident in which the protected health information of 318,379 patients was compromised. The Californian home care service provider, SuperCare, has proposed a $2.25

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Bill of Health

APRIL 8, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized studies of psychedelics , including on a “breakthrough therapy” designation, but these drugs may not be handled by persons without a Drug Enforcement Administration license and outside an FDA approved setting. Zhu is the former CEO of a Silicon Valley marketing startup called Iterable Inc.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 14, 2022

Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC) in Jefferson City, MO has recently confirmed patient information was accessed by unauthorized individuals in a December 2021 cyberattack that took its network and phone systems offline for several days. The attack was detected on December 17, 2021, when network systems were disrupted.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

The investigation determined that a nurse was working at the nursing home while her license was suspended, which is a felony. A criminal complaint was filed, and the nurse was arraigned in March 2022 for practicing as a licensed professional without a license, which is a four-year felony. Update as necessary.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 7, 2022

SuperCare Health, a Downey, CA-based post-acute, in-home respiratory care provider serving the Western United States, has recently started notifying 318,379 patients that some of their protected health information has been exposed and potentially accessed by unauthorized individuals in a cyberattack that occurred in July 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Nashville, TN-based health system, Advent Health Partners, has proposed a $500,000 settlement to resolve claims related to a September 2021 data breach involving the protected health information of 61,072 patients. Advent Health Partners detected a breach of its email environment in early September 2021.

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Provider Trust

APRIL 30, 2024

Since FY 2021, fraud referrals from MCOs that cover Medicaid enrollees have increased remarkably (from 2,971 in FY 2021 to 4,068 in FY 2023), and the number of cases that MFCUs open based on those referrals has increased each year as well (from 774 in FY 2021 to 893 in FY 2023).

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

consumers will keep spending on digital stuff at about the same level as they did in 2022, Deloitte found that households have actually pared down the number of devices they had last year. For the survey, Deloitte polled 2,018 U.S. adults in the second quarter of 2023. While 2 in 3 U.S. Why the “device pruning?”

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

CorrectHealth Notifies 54,000 Patients About November 2021 Email System Breach. Alpharetta, GA-based CorrectHealth is notifying patients about a breach of its email environment. Gifted Healthcare did not say when the breach was detected, but the review of the affected email accounts was completed on July 25, 2022.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Kang, PsyD, BrightView Health "What was unique about DrFirst's Backline was the combination of ways to communicate – how it enables the team to interact with the patients and with each other," he noted of the vendor they decided to run with. And we are logging more than 150,000 chat feeds in 2021 and 2022.

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MedTrainer

MAY 9, 2024

This is the fourth year MedTrainer has been honored for its compliance management solution, along with 2018, 2020, and 2021. The recognition highlights the consistency of MedTrainer’s compliance software solutions for U.S. healthcare organizations. Learn more at medtrainer.com.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

We look closely at the patenting strategies of the psychedelic biotech company MindMed here because their case reveals important insights about the rhetorical dynamics related to tensions around public psychedelic patent communication.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 16, 2024

I write about cases, legislation, and policies related to reproductive health care — a lens that, on its own, can be self-defeating , neglecting actual access to care. We hear providers struggle with new legal risks: “I can’t keep providing services if I get [my license] taken away.”

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A security breach of its information technology systems was detected on November 22, 2021, with the initial investigation confirming a hacker had breached its security defenses. NHS Management Alerts Patients About May 2021 Cyberattack. The files accessed included the following types of information.

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Provider Trust

JANUARY 18, 2023

In October 2022, the South Carolina Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) arrested a 37-year-old South Carolina woman named Alyssa Beth Steele for working as a registered nurse despite not having a license. Prevent Fraud by Verifying Licenses Routinely. This should become an integral part of the license verification process.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 9, 2022

The Birmingham, AL-based multi-specialty clinic, Norwood Clinic, has recently started notifying 228,103 individuals that some of their protected health information was accessed in a cyberattack that was detected on October 22, 2021. Ascension Michigan.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 4, 2022

The security incident was detected on January 18, 2022, with the subsequent investigation confirming unauthorized individuals had access to its systems between November 18, 2021, and January 18, 2022. dba Fellowship Community in Whitehall, PA, has recently announced it was the victim of a cyberattack that was detected on August 6, 2021.

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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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