HIPAA Journal

APRIL 20, 2023

Our monthly data breach reports are based on data breaches of 500 or more records that have been reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) each month. The data collected was used for analytics purposes but was transferred to the providers of the code.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Ransomware HIPAA Hospitals 103

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 30, 2023

The National HIPAA Summit is the leading forum on healthcare EDI, privacy, breach notification, confidentiality, data security, and HIPAA compliance, and the deadline for registration for the Virtual 40th National HIPAA Summit is fast approaching.

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US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Compliance Medicaid 84

Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the food sector, “the opportunity for us and the role that we play is to connect climate and health,” Daniella Vega of Ahold Delhaize told Valerio Baselli during the Morningstar Sustainable Investing Summit 2023. “We have a role to play in society as a health partner for our customers,” Vega explained.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Governance Compliance Public Health 77

YouCompli

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

How to use the SBAR Framework. The same tool nurses use to communicate about health emergencies – can help you secure investment in your compliance department. . Over the past few years, I’ve helped many of our clients demonstrate the value of investing in compliance with an?SBAR. Explain your assessment.

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Regulatory Compliance US Department of Health and Human Services Compliance Compliance Officers 52

HIT Consultant

MARCH 25, 2024

The US health system is in a desperate cybersecurity state of affairs. Although the attack vector in the Change Healthcare breach has not been identified as of this writing, the same group was responsible for the massive MGM Resorts hack in September 2023 which started on LinkedIn with a social engineering-driven exploit.

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Ransomware US Department of Health and Human Services Regulatory Compliance Compliance 113

American Medical Compliance

JUNE 26, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) granted enforcement discretion for certain aspects of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) during the public health emergency. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

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American Medical Compliance

JUNE 24, 2023

A hospital security patient privacy breach has resulted in a hefty settlement of $240,000 under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The breach involved numerous patients’ personal health information (PHI) and violated the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which mandates strict protection of patient data.

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US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Compliance Hospitals 52

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For many of us, change is hard. In cybersecurity, change is essential to defeat two of the most common causes of data breaches: the ever-evolving attack styles of hackers and human error. New products and features designed to protect data from the latest attack vectors and human errors are released regularly.

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HIPAA US Department of Health and Human Services Hospitals Compliance 140

Total HIPAA

MAY 19, 2022

Insurance agents who handle protected health information (PHI) are required to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). One way to ensure compliance is to undergo a HIPAA compliance audit. In this blog post, we’ll discuss what insurance agents need to know about HIPAA compliance audits.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Banner Health had to pay a $1.25 The purpose of the security rule is to protect consumers’ health information from cybersecurity threats like this one. The purpose of the security rule is to protect consumers’ health information from cybersecurity threats like this one. Visit [link] for more information.

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US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Compliance Hospitals 52

Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), said. Pharmacy employees who submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid and bribe medical providers to induce prescriptions put health care benefits for vulnerable populations at risk.”

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Total HIPAA

AUGUST 2, 2023

To ensure the protection of sensitive information related to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) patients, the US Department of Health and Human Services and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (HHS and SAMHSA) collaborated to create the HIPAA Drug and Alcohol Records Law, also known as 42 CFR Part 2.

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US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Medical Personnel Health Services Administration 98

Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A federal jury convicted a licensed Illinois psychologist of defrauding Medicare over the course of several years by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for psychotherapy services he never provided. He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 18, 2023, and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on each count.

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Nursing Homes Fraud US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses 59

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Stephen Sofoul, SVP, Data & Decision Science Services at MultiPlan A critical challenge lies in the shortage of experienced financial analysts or data analysts capable of effectively analyzing the wealth of information that the healthcare industry holds. However, with healthcare being ever-evolving our regulations are also ever evolving.

US Department of Health and Human Services 113

US Department of Health and Human Services Telemedicine Hospitals Compliance 113

Total HIPAA

MAY 9, 2022

Insurance agents who handle protected health information (PHI) are required to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). One important aspect of HIPAA compliance is ensuring that all staff members receive appropriate training on HIPAA regulations. HHS.gov, [link] Accessed 10 Mar.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Groundhog Day 2023 means two years of following a corrective action plan and a $1.25 million settlement for Banner Health Affiliated Covered Entities (Banner Health) following the announcement of a Resolution Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

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US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Compliance Hospitals 52

Provider Trust

MARCH 13, 2023

Three schools across Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida, were involved in this multimillion-dollar fake diploma scheme: Siena College of Health, Palm Beach School of Nursing, and Sacred Heart International Institute. In addition, an estimated 37 percent of student nurses with fake diplomas passed the NCLEX.

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Fraud US Department of Health and Human Services Licensing Compliance Officers 52

YouCompli

AUGUST 22, 2023

In contrast, Medicare Advantage is provided through a private health plan and typically covers everything in one monthly premium. This is a major shift in coverage patterns – and with it comes a shift in compliance scrutiny as well. This is a major shift in coverage patterns – and with it comes a shift in compliance scrutiny as well.

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Medicare Medicare US Department of Health and Human Services Compliance 52

Verisys

JUNE 13, 2023

A big thanks to our compliance team, who monitors state, federal, and international updates. It withdraws the regulations issued in the interim final rule published November 5, 2021 in “Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination”. Here is our monthly regulatory update. Also the removal of obsolete and irrelevant information. (§302)

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COVID-19 Vaccine US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Licensing 52

Total HIPAA

AUGUST 2, 2023

To ensure the protection of sensitive information related to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) patients, the US Department of Health and Human Services and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (HHS and SAMHSA) collaborated to create the HIPAA Drug and Alcohol Records Law, also known as 42 CFR Part 2.

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US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Medical Personnel Health Services Administration 52

Provider Trust

MARCH 21, 2023

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General Christi A. Grimm gave a lecture at the 2023 RISE National Conference in early March 2023 about Medicare Advantage, or Medicare Part C, and the increased risk of fraud due to the rapid growth of healthcare programs.

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Fraud Medicare Medicare US Department of Health and Human Services 52

SQA

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Relevant matters are hereby announced as follows: As of 01 December 2022, the Electronic Certificates of Documentation for Export of APIs to the EU and Certificate of a Pharmaceutical Product will be put into use. Efforts should be made to promote and guide the use of electronic certificates.

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US Department of Health and Human Services FDA COVID-19 World Health 40

Innovaare Compliance

JUNE 21, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has wide-ranging impact on payments for drugs used by Medicare beneficiaries, whether they are administered in the provider’s office (Part B) or used in the ambulatory setting (Part D). Part B drugs have had the fastest spending growth for drugs for Medicare. percent annually.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. With support for multi-cloud deployments, telemedicine and personalized health, patient and clinician devices, and IoT devices deployed in the home, perimeter security will no longer be enough. to build out their cybersecurity program.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Ransomware Hospitals HIPAA 117

Total HIPAA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Did you know that any HIPAA security breaches affecting less than 500 individuals in 2022 must be reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services by March 1, 2023? Here are a few examples from the HHS website: A municipal social service agency disclosed PHI while processing Medicaid applications.

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US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Compliance Medicaid 52

AIHC

AUGUST 8, 2023

Although the Cobra Effect and Perverse Incentives terms are loosely used together; they actually are different. Also, because physicians are paid for doing things, they are being incentivized to provide services patients might not need. Now, let’s take a closer look perverse incentives. You’re late leaving home for work.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Compliance Hospitals Doctors 40

Med-Net Compliance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for services under another doctor’s name after Medicare revoked his privileges to participate in the program. Once the new business was set up, he continued to bill Medicare for services just as he had prior to his revocation, only now exclusively under the name of his partner.

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Fraud US Department of Health and Human Services Medicare Medicare 59

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. Comments on the proposed rule are due March 21, 2023.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. One of the seven items, #5 is “Enforcing Standards: Consequences and Incentives.”

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Compliance US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hospitals 52

AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. One of the seven items, #5 is “Enforcing Standards: Consequences and Incentives.”

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Compliance US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hospitals 52

Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2023

Report: Amazon Pauses 50-State Virtual Care Service Expansion UnitedHealth acquires Amedisys for $3.3B after home health provider reneges on Option deal Will the doctor see you now? Maybe not amid the changing healthcare landscape in the US. Here’s why.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

4 Health Systems Join Provider-Created Data Collective to Improve Care. Why asking about social determinants of health is so important. Alabama Women’s Health Center Suffers Data Breach, 34K Impacted. Southeast Health wants to receive additional property taxes. Banner Health’s big bet on population health.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2024

David Ting, founder/CTO at Tausight In November, President Biden signed a new Executive Order – titled “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence” – that promises to introduce new national AI regulations that focus on safety and responsibility in the use of this revolutionary new technology. Department of Commerce.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Compliance Governance 124

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Jason Considine, Chief Commercial Officer at Experian Health Staffing shortages will continue to be a major pain point for providers in 2024 and have a direct impact on their bottom line.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals Telemedicine 118

Redox

MARCH 20, 2024

Why zero trust is important in healthcare 2023 was the worst-ever year for breached healthcare records , increasing by 156% over 2022. Distributed networks and the dissemination of health data over multiple locations have also accelerated zero trust adoption. Our zero trust implementation allowed us to meet all of those goals.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

Christopher Toth, Director of Compliance and Risk Management at hc1 In today’s healthcare IT landscape, ensuring your partners take data protection and information security as seriously as your organization is key. But unfortunately that is just not the case.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Ransomware Health Outcomes Compliance 85

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S.

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