HIPAA Journal

JUNE 15, 2023

A relatively small data breach was reported to OCR on February 28, 2018, by Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (formerly Virginia Mason Memorial), a 222-bed non-profit community hospital in Washington state. So far this year, penalties totaling $1,901,500 have been imposed by OCR to resolve violations of the HIPAA Rules.

HIPAA 89

HIPAA Hospitals Electronic Medical Records Fraud 89

YouCompli

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Youth intervention may not be a traditional focus area for compliance professionals, but they can be instrumental in confronting this crisis. While youth intervention is not a traditional focus for compliance professionals, they have an important role to play here.

Compliance 52

Compliance Electronic Medical Records Health Services Administration Compliance Officers 52

MRO Compliance

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A broad collection of healthcare providers using MRO’s ROI solutions evaluated the organization’s software and services that manage complex record requests. Through requester portals and electronic medical record (EMR) integrations, MRO fully digitizes the intake, acquisition, and delivery of record requests.

Electronic Medical Records 189

Electronic Medical Records Hospitals Compliance 189

HIPAA Journal

JULY 20, 2022

Electronic Medical Record. Electronic Medical Record. Electronic Medical Record. Electronic Medical Record. Resolute Health Hospital. Electronic Medical Record. Electronic Medical Record. Electronic Medical Record.

Electronic Medical Records 109

Electronic Medical Records Ransomware HIPAA Hospitals 109

YouCompli

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sharon Parsley, JD, MBA, CHC, CHRC contributes a monthly post on compliance officer effectiveness for the YouCompli blog. Many people in our discipline love the slogan “compliance is everybody’s business.” For me, that has sometimes been the Chief Medical Officer or a physician CEO who really understood what I was trying to do.

Compliance 52

Compliance Compliance Officers Nurses Overpayments 52

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

. – The Healthcare Data Engine aggregates and organizes data from multiple sources, and for LifePoint, will be used by a patient’s healthcare provider to help clinicians gain further insight into patients records and data.

Electronic Medical Records 98

Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Hospitals Compliance 98

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 23, 2022

With industry leaders focused on compliance, regulation, and security, this understandably makes healthcare leaders hesitant to adopt these technologies. These solutions also provide HIPAA compliance – a growing topic of importance as telehealth and virtual care open even more access points to a user’s digital identity. In the U.S.,

Electronic Medical Records 98

Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Compliance Telemedicine 98

HIT Consultant

JUNE 7, 2023

Tammi Jantzen, Co-founder, Astarte Medical Protocol Driven Care Often proclaimed as the most effective method of reducing costs for hospitals, standardization is said to promote quality patient care at a cost-effective price. billion in additional healthcare spending per year.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Compliance Electronic Medical Records Patient Satisfaction 98

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. Simply open a mobile app and download the report to your smartphone.

Electronic Medical Records 106

Electronic Medical Records Doctors HIPAA Hospitals 106

Health Care Performance

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

CommonSpirit hospitals reported IT issues on October 3 rd with a response that included taking systems offline, including their electronic medical records. CommonSpirit has 140 hospitals in 21 states. According to Healthcaredive.com, based on website information, hospitals in seven states have been impacted.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Electronic Medical Records Hospitals Compliance 52

Compliancy Group

JANUARY 6, 2022

Let’s Simplify Compliance Learn how to protect your business against breaches by signing up for our webinar! Breach notification is required as part of complete HIPAA compliance. Cameron Memorial Community Hospital. Copley Hospital. DeSoto Memorial Hospital Health System. Hospital Sisters Health System.

HIPAA 52

HIPAA Electronic Medical Records Compliance Hospitals 52

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The nuances of medical language and the subtle variations in meaning based on medical context are often lost in translation, potentially leading to misdiagnosis, incorrect treatment plans, and misinformation.

Electronic Medical Records 111

Electronic Medical Records Regulatory Compliance Compliance Hospitals 111

Compliancy Group

JULY 20, 2023

Tampa General Hospital’s recent revelation is nothing short of a modern-day heist, as cunning hackers managed to infiltrate their network and make off with the valuable treasure trove that is the protected health information of approximately 1.2 million patients. But what drove these rogue agents to commit such an audacious act?

Electronic Medical Records 52

Electronic Medical Records Hospitals HIPAA Ransomware 52

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Ensure PHI Compliance with VPN Tunnels The HIPAA Privacy Rule has strong requirements around Protected Health Information (PHI). Creating drag-and-drop virtual private networks (VPNs) encrypts and anonymizes data, which can be effective when sharing patient electronic medical records (EMR) or during telemedicine scenarios.

Ransomware 105

Ransomware Electronic Medical Records Telemedicine HIPAA 105

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. They also handle large volumes of data effortlessly within their hospitals.

Electronic Medical Records 105

Electronic Medical Records Doctors HIPAA Pharmaceutical Industry 105

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

With funding support from a broad range of federal agencies – Department of Commerce, HRSA, USDA and FCC – the health system has worked with more than 150 community hospitals, clinics, medical practices, schools and other healthcare entities to bring specialty care to underserved communities and patients. THE PROBLEM.

COVID-19 146

COVID-19 Telemedicine Electronic Medical Records Hospitals 146

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

OneHS’s chronic care software will help strengthen Verustat’s commitment to providing physicians with top-tier medical technology to improve patient care while also opening up new revenue streams. As a result, the company has one of the highest compliance rates among its patient populations in the RPM industry.

Electronic Medical Records 96

Electronic Medical Records Compliance Telemedicine Hospitals 96

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Stony Brook Medicine health system, which, before COVID-19, had already grown from a two-hospital system to a four-hospital system with the inclusion of Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton Hospital, reflects a diverse and geographically widespread patient population of more than 1.4

Hospitals 121

Hospitals COVID-19 Electronic Medical Records Patient Satisfaction 121

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 11, 2022

North Broward Hospital District (Broward Health). Cyberattack through the office of 3rd party medical provider. Medical records are housed in electronic medical record systems, but a great deal of PHI is included in documents, spreadsheets, billing systems, email accounts, and many other locations.

HIPAA 121

HIPAA Ransomware Electronic Medical Records Compliance 121

HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2022

17 breaches of 10,000 or more records were reported to OCR in November, five of which involved more than half a million records and three incidents involved the impermissible disclosure of more than 1 million records. The records of 2,216,365 patients were exposed and potentially stolen. Doctors’ Center Hospital.

Ransomware 94

Ransomware HIPAA Electronic Medical Records Doctors 94

MedTrainer

MAY 17, 2022

If you’re a doctor, care provider, or work in other hospital administrative fields, then you’re probably asking yourself: how can software be used in healthcare? Given how many roles and duties there are in the industry, various software programs have been developed over the years to help out around hospitals.

Electronic Medical Records 52

Electronic Medical Records Doctors Hospitals Compliance 52

AIHC

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Case #2 : A 38-year-old man was brought to the hospital with altered mental status after crashing while riding a motorcycle. On hospitals days 5 through 10, the primary team’s progress notes documented identical examinations, each auto populated from a previous note, including the phrase “moves all extremities.”

Department of Veterans Affairs 59

Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals Compliance Nurses 59

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

In response to an alarming increase in cyberattacks on New York hospitals, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced new cybersecurity measures had been proposed for New York hospitals , which are expected to be finalized in the first half of 2024. reduction from the previous year.

Ransomware 121

Ransomware HIPAA Hospitals Compliance 121

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 26, 2022

Systems typically include electronic medical records along with practice management systems, remote patient monitoring, vendor-neutral archives, and more. To drive revenue and maintain patient relationships in the future, providers will need to evolve telehealth solutions to integrate with medical devices at the point of care.

Electronic Medical Records 96

Electronic Medical Records Telemedicine Compliance Hospitals 96

Health Care Law Brief

APRIL 12, 2023

Determinations of medical necessity will need to follow national coverage determinations, local coverage determinations, or, where none are applicable, plans must follow publicly available, evidence-based coverage criteria. Final Rule at p.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicare Overpayments Overpayment 52

AIHC

APRIL 5, 2022

Providers may take documentation “short cuts” or feel overwhelmed with implementation of a new EMR (electronic medical record) system and clone or make documentation errors. If the claim is coded POS 11 for the office, reimbursement can be higher than if the same service was performed at the hospital by the provider.

Fraud 52

Fraud Compliance Medicare Medicare 52

HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Electronic Medical Record. Methodist McKinney Hospital. Location of Breached Information. Business Associate Present. Novant Health Inc. on behalf of Novant Health ACE & as contractor for NMG Services Inc. Business Associate. Unauthorized disclosure to Meta through Meta Pixel code snippet on website. Network Server.

Ransomware 100

Ransomware HIPAA Electronic Medical Records Compliance 100

Med Com Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

(Austin, Texas) Med Claims Compliance (MCC) is pleased to announce one of their newest customers in Northeast Texas. Texas Central Nervous Systems Hospital (Texas CNS Hospital) is to be constructed at the site of the old VA hospital in Marlin, Texas. Texas CNS Hospital is a 170,000 square-feet 350 patient rooms facility.

Compliance 40

Compliance Hospitals Electronic Medical Records Regulatory Compliance 40

Med Com Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

(Austin, Texas) Med Claims Compliance (MCC) is pleased to announce one of their newest customers in Northeast Texas. Texas Central Nervous Systems Hospital (Texas CNS Hospital) is to be constructed at the site of the old VA hospital in Marlin, Texas. Texas CNS Hospital is a 170,000 square-feet 350 patient rooms facility.

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Compliance Hospitals Electronic Medical Records Regulatory Compliance 40

AIHC

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Prevalence of Sharing Access Credentials in Electronic Medical Records To summarize an abstract published by PMC (Public Med Central) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine, it was found that to prevent data leakage, many countries have created regulations regarding medical data accessibility.

HIPAA 52

HIPAA Compliance Electronic Medical Records Governance 52

HIPAA Journal

APRIL 19, 2022

A study conducted by Bai, Jiang, and Flasher in 2017 found the risk of data breaches was higher at large academic medical centers than at other hospitals. Around one-quarter of the data breaches were cases of employees accessing patient information without authorization.

Electronic Medical Records 118

Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Hospitals Compliance 118

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Security and Compliance. Managing security and compliance is one of the hardest parts of building a system involving health data. In addition to the platform handling its own security, a platform for health data should be prepared to give startups the frameworks and tools to make their own compliance easier.

Electronic Medical Records 98

Electronic Medical Records Compliance Health Insurance HIPAA 98

MedTrainer

JUNE 29, 2023

The terms Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) are often used interchangeably, but they have slightly different meanings. Is Compliance Software the Same as an EHR? Compliance software and an Electronic Health Record (EHR) aren’t the same thing.

Compliance 52

Compliance Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Hospitals 52

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 30, 2022

eClinicalWorks is a national innovation leader with cloud-based solutions for electronic health records (EHR), practice management, patient engagement, and population health management. Technological Solutions For Improving Patient Care and Health Management.

Electronic Medical Records 98

Electronic Medical Records Health Insurance HIPAA Compliance 98

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This means that internal revenue cycle teams must work off of an incomplete picture of what happened during the visit, often leading to chronic challenges with compliance and financial performance. “Having better CDI at the point of care has resulted in better performance and compliance for our organization.

Electronic Medical Records 92

Electronic Medical Records Compliance Hospitals 92

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 28, 2022

Intraprise Health , a leader in healthcare cybersecurity, information risk management and compliance, appoints George Pappas as Chief Executive Officer. The company also announced a strategic growth investment from Health Enterprise Partners and Bluff Point Associates – two private equity firms that invest in healthcare companies.

Electronic Medical Records 98

Electronic Medical Records FDA Compliance Hospitals 98

Health Populi

AUGUST 19, 2019

For example, here’s the snapshot of a five-star provider, the Boca Raton Regional Hospital ( aka Baptist Health South Florida). [I hospitals based on the “top hospitals” list published by U.S. The study assessed the type of information patients requested (test results, the entire medical record, etc.),

US Department of Health and Human Services 79

US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Hospitals Electronic Medical Records 79