HIPAA Journal

APRIL 20, 2022

An Adaptive Health Integrations data breach has recently been reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that involved the protected health information (PHI) of 510,574 individuals. This post will be updated when further information becomes available.

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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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HIT Consultant

JUNE 26, 2023

signed a Letter of Intent with CRISP Shared Services to participate in a health data interoperability pilot program that will lay the foundation for OHIT’s Health Information Exchange in the Territory. Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Albert Bryan Jr. Why It Matters OHIT Director Michelle M.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 23, 2023

In today’s hypercompetitive market, where retail disruptors such as CVS Health and Walmart Health are leveraging strong consumer-centric business models, substandard patient and member experience will cost payers and providers in reduced revenue and diminished market share. More than 330,000 U.S.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 9, 2023

By Zainab Ahmed Psychiatric care in the Emergency Department is all-or-nothing and never enough. The ED acts as a safety-net for a failing health system, one that places little value on mental health services, either preventative or follow-up. Upon discharge, our patients are, once again, on their own.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2020

As is the case nationally, psychiatry is in limited supply in the area of River Valley Health and Dental Center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. That said, as a large primary care office offering integrated behavioral health, it was important to expand mental health services to include specialty care for patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it had launched a digital health accelerator aimed at addressing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. National Coordinator for Health IT, in a statement. Ferrum Health. OMNY Health. WHY IT MATTERS. Eupnoos Ltd. ManagingLife.

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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2019

At least one in three people who have tried out virtual health care have done so because they use technology in all aspects of life and want to do the same with their healthcare. A common theme at health care meetings these days is how and when health care will meet its Amazon, Apple, or Uber moment? ” .

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services’ Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has announced the launch of the Digital Health Security (DIGIHEALS) project which seeks to improve the electronic infrastructure of the U.S. healthcare industry. The DIGIHEALS project comes when the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 1, 2023

San Bernadino Public Health knows that monitoring the mosquito population benefits community health directly. This is why the public health team is tracking mosquitos breeding areas and leveraging GIS technology to better coordinate mosquito control efforts in order to prevent the spread of disease.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 30, 2023

Attendees will gain valuable insights into health information privacy, healthcare cybersecurity, HIPAA enforcement, and a wealth of information to help them maintain HIPAA compliance and take healthcare data privacy and security to the next level. Jillson, JD – Counsel to the Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, U.S.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

Checklist for Individual & Small Group Practices Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM This article provides an overview of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and basic checklist of policies and procedures for compliance of smaller health care organizations.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 11, 2022

In one of the largest breaches reported in 2022 so far, SuperCare Health suffered a hacking incident affecting 318,379 patients. However, it took SuperCare Health until February 2022 to discover the incident had potentially compromised that patient information. What Do We Know About the SuperCare Health Hack?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2021

Micky Tripathi, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the US Department of Health and Human Services shared his interoperability wish list during his opening keynote at the 2021 Direct Trust Summit. I am not a tech guy, but I do enjoy […].

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2023

The North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority, housed within the state's Department of Information Technology, announced this week that it's working North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to launch the N.C. Stroke Registry.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 10, 2024

Stripe is not HIPAA compliant and – other than its payment processing services – should not be used by covered entities and business associates to create, collect, store, or transmit Protected Health Information (PHI). Stripe complies with multiple US and International data privacy regulations (i.e.,

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This past June, a John Doe plaintiff who was a patient at Baltimore-based Medstar Health System filed a class action complaint against Meta Platforms in the U.S. Since then, at least two other class-action suits have been filed against Meta alleging illegal information harvesting. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 15, 2022

West Virginia will use the U.S. Postal Service and an online account this summer to connect with Medicaid enrollees about the expected end of the covid public health emergency, which will put many recipients at risk of losing their coverage. West Virginia has more than 600,000 Medicaid enrollees.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

But when the pandemic began to unfold this spring, Central Maine Healthcare Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Steven Martel said the system still worked to minimize risk to patients and team members while delivering the care people needed.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 12, 2024

Because care requires using and exchanging sensitive patient information, adherence to U.S. When personal health information transcends international borders, vendors outside the U.S. When unauthorized parties gain access to this information, identity theft, fraud, and diminished care often result.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Virtua Health's successful "get human fast" online engagement platform propelled patients to interact with staff and clinicians expanded to virtual consultations, chatbots and RPM. The enterprise health system created six distinct service lines supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

But using these technologies has also brought regulatory and privacy challenges and has consequences on the global healthcare systems and citizens. But using these technologies has also brought regulatory and privacy challenges and has consequences on the global healthcare systems and citizens. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

While it is currently unclear what types of data were stolen in the attack, UnitedHealth Group said personally identifiable health information, eligibility and claims information, and financial information are likely to have been compromised. United Health Group has also confirmed that it has paid out more than $3.3

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Previous articles in this series introduced the role of generative AI in the healthcare back office and examined its use in billing and revenue management. We’ll cover a lot of other uses in this article. Sharma says that message generators can take language translation services and the level of education into account.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 7, 2023

Having the latest medication information is key to reducing medication related adverse events. The Report also showed a significant increase in the use of real-time prescription benefits which decreases the out-of-pocket cost of medications for patients. According to the latest National Progress Report from Surescripts , over 2.5

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

An expert panel will gather during the first day of the event to discuss how digital health can be improved via cross-border collaborations. Speakers will also be touching upon cross-border health policy implementation, and the challenges and facilitators that have contributed to successful collaboration between territories.

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HIPAA & Health IT

MARCH 2, 2023

BetterHelp, an on-line mental health platform, engaged in unfair and unreasonable privacy practices according to the FTC’s complaint , leading to a proposed $7.8 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned us that use of on-line tracking technologies can violate HIPAA.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As a constant observer and advisor across the health/care ecosystem, for me the concept of a “health plan” in the U.S. Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. is getting fuzzier by the day.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Zócalo Health set to deliver the only Latino healthcare experience focused on the culture of patients’ primary and social health needs. Zócalo Health , a Latino-founded healthcare service designed for Latino patients, announced today $5M in seed funding co-led by Animo, Virtue, and Vamos Ventures. million people.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Patients benefit from self-service features and post-visit engagement, while clinicians gain efficiency through streamlined workflows. In addition, Fabric has 70 leading enterprise health customers on its platform, including Luminis Health, a non-profit health system providing care for 1.8 million people.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 21, 2023

A study published in Health Affairs suggests 98.6% A study published in Health Affairs suggests 98.6% Following these discoveries, several hospitals and health systems reported breaches of protected health information, some of which involved impermissible disclosures of millions of patient records.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Virtua Health is a nonprofit community health system with five hospitals, seven urgent care centers and 280-plus locations across South New Jersey and Philadelphia. achieved within days of the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic," said Dr. Tarun Kapoor, the health system's chief digital transformation officer.

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Natalia Mazina

JULY 28, 2022

While this is not a new case, it serves as a good reminder that even a small healthcare provider is subject to potential monetary penalties under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Cornell Prescription Pharmacy was a small compounding pharmacy in Denver. Penalties for non-compliance have increased. ”.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Healthcare data breaches surged in 2022, with over 44 million patient records compromised in the US alone according to the Department of Health and Human Services. They interact with countless third-party vendors and service providers.

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