HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center has published guidance on multifactor authentication (MFA) that explains why MFA is important for security, some of the problems that can arise from implementing MFA, and how threat actors can successfully bypass MFA controls. Multifactor authentication involves a knowledge factor, a possession factor, and an inherence factor for authentication – something someone knows, has, and is unique to the user.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 16, 2023

You’re considering a compliance learning management system (LMS) because you don’t have time to waste. You don’t have time to manually send emails, search YouTube for appropriate courses, and take time away from every employee to attend in-person training (that you’ve painstakingly organized). Your time is worth more. Download this guide to calculate the amount of money you’re spending on your “free” compliance training program.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 13, 2023

Pat Hurley, VP and General Manager, Americas at Acronis The protected health information (PHI) entrusted to healthcare providers is more valuable than credit card numbers to cyber criminals. Why? Because medical records contain a cache of sensitive information. Healthcare attacks are a hot commodity for nefarious actors since that data can easily be monetized through fraudulent billing, blackmail, filing false tax returns for rebates, and ordering prescription medication and medical devices.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Cybersecurity challenges are often "really a matter of people taking it as seriously as we do," says Zina Kind, IT director at The Admiral at the Lake, which provides all levels of senior living, from independent to dementia care.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Last month, Johns Hopkins Health System announced it was investigating a cyberattack and data breach, which was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights by Johns Hopkins Health System and Howard County General Hospital as affecting more than 5,500 individuals. Hackers (Clop) exploited a zero day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer file transfer solution and exfiltrated data and attempted to extort money from the victims.

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Becker's Health IT

AUGUST 15, 2023

WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is the latest victim of a massive worldwide data breach, due to its financial institution using the MOVEit file transfer software.

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Becker's Health IT

AUGUST 14, 2023

HCA Healthcare is sending out letters to 11.27 million patients affected in a July data breach.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 15, 2023

Tift Regional Medical Center in Georgia has started notifying 180,142 patients that their personal and protected health information was compromised in a cyberattack that was detected on or around August 16, 2022. According to the notification letters, there was no encryption of systems, access was not gained to its electronic medical record system, and the network remained available to staff and patients.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 15, 2023

OSHA training is the training on safety and health that employers are required to provide for members of their workforces. Training requirements vary according to the nature of each business’s activities and the OSHA standards that apply. For example, in the healthcare industry, OSHA training will likely include some or all the following subjects: Emergency Action Plans Fire Prevention Plans Occupational Noise Exposure Hazardous Materials Personal Protective Equipment Bloodborne Pathogens Ionizi

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 17, 2023

BSCA has kicked CVS Caremark, the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the country, to the curb and is electing to carve out various pharmacy functions with companies like Amazon instead.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 14, 2023

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Appropriate use of provider scheduling tools yields dramatic results across a practice, including improved provider utilization, better patient access, reduction in administrative burden, and faster training and onboarding for new administrative staff, according to analysis of the healthcare organization client data of provider scheduling IT vendor Relatient.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted a rapid shift to telemedicine as both a replacement and adjunct to usual in-person care. However, based on the National Institute on Aging's National Health and Aging Trends Study , researchers estimated roughly one-third of older adults in the U.S. are not ready to participate in video visits. THE PROBLEM Inexperience with technology was the major barrier – those who were older, Black or Hispanic tended to have less education and lower inc

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 17, 2023

A key congressional advisory group met on Wednesday to deliberate preventing unexpected bills after medical transport, but said the status quo dispute resolution process isn’t the solution.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 17, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. To maintain smooth operations, high-quality patient care, and regulatory compliance in the healthcare business, effective staff management is crucial. Time and attendance tracking is essential for any healthcare management team. This article delves into how […] The article Revolutionizing Healthcare Workforce Management with CloudApper AI TimeClock for UKG Time and Attendance appeared first

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 15, 2023

There is a lot of emphasis on how social determinants of health data – strongly linked to patient outcomes – are used in real-world healthcare scenarios with many researchers focusing on a lack of standardization and the roadblocks it presents to health equity. Because it was unclear if SDOH data are collected routinely and would facilitate exchange if captured in a structured format, the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare IT used nationally representative survey data

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2023

The partnership will allow Molina's Virginia-based Medicare and healthcare marketplace members access to culturally competent maternal health experts.

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 15, 2023

Regulators lowered enrollment minimums for accountable care organizations in the program, which allows providers to form groups to manage care and costs for fee-for-service Medicare enrollees.

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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 17, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Portia Cole, emergent threat researcher, Avertium. Labeling ransomware attacks as a matter of life and death may seem exaggerated, but in the realm of healthcare, it has proven to be a harsh truth. In […] The article How Ransomware Has Caused Patient Deaths and Taken a Toll on Emergency Rooms appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 18, 2023

At-home diagnostics startup Viome Life Sciences snagged $86.5 million in an oversubscribed series C funding round and will roll out its gut microbiome testing kit into 200 CVS stores. | At-home diagnostics startup Viome Life Sciences snagged $86.5 million in an oversubscribed series C funding round and will roll out its gut microbiome testing kit into 200 CVS stores.

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Modern Healthcare

AUGUST 16, 2023

The Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act would end the United Network for Organ Sharing's nearly four-decade monopoly over the transplant system.

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 14, 2023

The health system alleges providers have lost at least $19 billion per year as a direct result of MultiPlan’s anticompetitive agreements with major payers, including UnitedHealth, Aetna and Elevance.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 15, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Marvin Luz, senior director of revenue services, Greenway Health. Nearly all medical practices face the complex challenge of ensuring patient satisfaction while maintaining the engagement and well-being of their staff. The reputation and success […] The article Front Office Strategies to Increase Patient Satisfaction appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 18, 2023

It's not a secret that Americans pay far more than people living in other countries for drugs, and those data hold for trendy weight loss and diabetes treatments as demand for these therapies grows | It's not a secret that Americans pay far more than people living in other countries for drugs, and those data hold for trendy weight loss and diabetes treatments like Ozempic and Wegovy.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Benjamin Katz. CEO and co-founder of Happy Head In the last few years, the healthcare industry has witnessed an explosion in both popularity and profits in a new sector of business. 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.

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 14, 2023

The amount of private equity deals decreased 23.7% compared to the first quarter this year. However, Q2 deal volume was still 12.3% higher than the average quarterly deal count pre-pandemic, according to a report from PitchBook.

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Total HIPAA

AUGUST 16, 2023

There are many scenarios in business and healthcare in which PHI is moved and shared. In the 1990s a lot of this happened over fax machines, over the phone and in person. In the modern landscape software and the internet are used to manage all data including protected health information. As you probably already know, these transactions require Business Associate Agreements.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 17, 2023

David Entwistle has a storied career as a healthcare executive leading new innovations and steering strategic growth at academic medical centers. | Stanford Health Care CEO David Entwistle joined the board of directors at New York City-based Redesign Health. Here are the areas of healthcare he thinks are ripe for innovation.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 14, 2023

Khue Tran, Chief Strategy Officer at Azalea Health One of the most pressing issues in healthcare today is the growing talent shortage of qualified medical professionals. These critical staffing talent shortages could jeopardize communities’ access to care and result in dire consequences. The staffing shortage existed before the pandemic , but it’s only worsened during the past few years.

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 14, 2023

Mount Sinai Health System is the first provider to implement Azure Large Instances, which scales database capacity to the level needed for health record workloads.

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