Med-Net Compliance

JULY 25, 2022

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the resolution of eleven investigations in its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Initiative, bringing the total number of these enforcement actions to thirty-eight since the initiative began.

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Foster Swift

JULY 18, 2022

Wade on June 24, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) was tasked with responding to how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) would be affected. Read More › Tags: Alerts and Updates , Electronic Health Records , Health Care Reform , HIPAA.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Part of the issue, say researchers, stems from the combination of CCPA and HIPAA. "But healthcare organizations have an additional burden of complying with HIPAA – and we found the interplay of the two laws creates some unintended hurdles," Mulgund said. The law explicitly exempts HIPAA-eligible information.

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The HIPAA Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

New HIPAA Standards for attachments and electronic signatures: I saw this in December and tagged it for blogging, but lost it in my overcrowded email folders. This is one of those super-insider-HIPAA deals, but CMS is proposing a new HIPAA standard transaction for attachments and e-signatures.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 29, 2023

The notice was accompanied by several snapshots of the stolen data – some of which has been independently verified as genuine by comparing the snapshots to publicly available records – and a price tag of 50 Bitcoin ($1,298,340). The post Medical Records from Prospect Ransomware Attack Appear on Dark Web appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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MRO Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Best practices are provided for data tagging to ease searchability and reduce duplicate records. However, substance abuse data sharing rules are currently under HIPAA, potentially offsetting interoperability of the new rule. This is particularly true if the API is not governed by HIPAA. sold, used in marketing efforts, etc.),

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2019

Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Delivering Compliance and Integration for Telemedicine Solutions Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Delivering Compliance and Integration for Telemedicine Solutions Region Tag: Global Edition

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 23, 2023

Blackhat SEO tactics are used such as using high numbers of keywords in the page content and meta tags (keyword stuffing), private link networks to increase backlinks to the webpage, and artificially increasing click-through rates to trick search engine algorithms.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Today, the cost of a data breach comes with a hefty price tag – an average of $9.44 Show Me Your Certifications The days of an organization simply saying “We are HIPAA compliant” without proving it are long gone. million in the U.S. alone, according to IBM Security’s 2022  Cost of a Data Breach Report. million per data breach.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 23, 2023

According to the breach notice, electronic medical records were not exposed, but tag image files from a data warehouse may have been obtained in the attack. The post Associates in Dermatology Patients Affected by Business Associate Ransomware Attack appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The first graphic shown here illustrates the authors’ view on the digital evolution of HaH from delivery of care (migrating from in-person to fully virtual), telecomms (from telephone to embedded HIPAA-compliant video conferencing), and remote monitoring, moving from patient-reported data of vital signs to wearable sensors.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 11, 2022

At the same time, digital health leaders must consider data privacy, security, and communication preferences to comply with HIPAA and other laws, a burden many online platforms for consumer goods and services don't have to carry. Region Tag: Global Edition. He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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Compliancy Group

JULY 29, 2022

For the 12th consecutive year, healthcare breaches had the highest price tag. This cost over time can be attributed to legal and regulatory costs in healthcare ( HIPAA ). Let’s Simplify Compliance HIPAA and cybersecurity go hand-in-hand. × HIPAA Compliance Simplified. This is an increase of 9.4% Learn More! ×

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Patients love it and doctors are coming around on the idea that these messages can actually save them time since then they don’t have to play phone tag with the patients. It’s basically HIPAA secure email for doctors. All of these messages provide convenient access to the doctor.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

These platforms are HIPAA compliant and offer integration with devices and EMRs. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients Featured Decision Content: Dr. Joyoti Goswami is a Principal Consultant at Damo Consulting.

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Health Care Performance

MARCH 7, 2023

Maybe the compliance department collaborated with the HIPAA Security Officer to run a ransomware and phishing campaign, educating employees about potentially hazardous emails and links. Can you put a price tag on potentially avoiding a costly ransomware attack?

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Many countries require web sites to meet accessibility guidelines; in the United States, both the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and HIPAA include such requirements. But services designed without disabled people in mind can be discriminatory. Lawsuits to enforce these regulations have hit many companies. ” (page 32 of the PDF).

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HIT Consultant

JULY 26, 2022

Phone tags and missed calls are common. Michael Sheeley is the Co-founder and CEO of Nurse-1-1 , a HIPAA-compliant live chat platform that connects patients with a nationwide network of over 2,000 NPs, RNs, PAs, and MDs. These nurses are extremely effective – but only when they’re able to connect with the patient.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA).

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

ASCA members can view an ASC-specific surveyor tag tool. HIPAA, CMS, and state agencies regulate ASCs. They follow Medicare reimbursement policies, coding and documentation guidelines, HIPAA compliance, fraud, and abuse prevention, prior authorization, and state-specific regulations.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

HIPAA regulations. When you automate your phone system, patients spend less time waiting on hold and playing phone tag. The layers of automation required depend on the number of steps, systems, and protocols that your staff, specifically, must navigate to handle patient calls, including: Complex operating procedures.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

While Europeans in the room — remembering two of the major sponsors of the meeting were Essilor (based in France) and Luxxotica (based in Italy) — are covered by the GDPR for privacy of personal data, Americans are barely covered by a patchwork privacy quilt of HIPAA, GINA, COPPA (for children online), and other bits of policy.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

John Berndt, SVP of Health North America, Valtech Also known as the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) defines and regulates individuals’ medical records and other individually identifiable health information, collectively known as patient healthcare information (PHI).

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

Sensitive data may end up residing in locations without the access controls mandated by frameworks like HIPAA, for example, because the business simply didn’t know it was storing sensitive information in the wrong place. On top of this, inefficient management of unstructured data slows down innovation and time to value.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

We use a HIPAA-compliant software that allows for two-way, high definition video and audio. First, have robust and easy-to-use telehealth software and affirm that it is HIPAA-compliant. Region Tag: Global Edition. To test this assumption, I surveyed my patients. We can also effortlessly share media online.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Similar to a URL for a web page, every resource has an own identification tag. Devices and apps can easily obtain necessary data through that tag without going through laborious data exchange procedures. To ensure FHIR security and be HIPAA-compliant, data sharing procedures should be evaluated in connected third-party apps.

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Health Law RX

AUGUST 31, 2021

HIPAA Privacy and Security Considerations. Vaccine substantiation, storage, and accommodation forms fall outside the scope of HIPAA. A review of the plan’s own HIPAA Privacy Policies may be prudent, in order to sync the plan documents and new operational practices.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

Instead of spending hours and hours playing phone tag or tracking down references, they can lean on software to help them confidently navigate the credentialing process with a single place for all provider data, documents, and communication. Ensure State-Specific Experience Every state has its own credentialing requirements.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

My staff knows to tag me in any questions that are outside the norm so the answer comes from me. "With this, I can monitor all communication with patients in real time, intervene when needed, and correct information that the patient gets that is not standardized.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2024

33% of the analyzed healthcare websites still use Meta pixel tracking code, despite the risk of lawsuits, data breaches, and fines for non-compliance with the HIPAA Rules. In December 2022, the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights issued guidance to HIPAA-regulated entities on the use of website tracking technologies. hospitals found 98.6%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Any abnormal responses or vital stats are tagged and reported to: a healthcare organization partnering with the employer, a clinician on the employer’s staff, or a human resources professional, for a referral to a COVID-19 testing site to confirm an infection and prevent spreading the virus in the workplace.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2020

TigerTouch allows providers to control communication by initiating communications with a patient’s cell number via text message, thus solving phone-tag and voicemail problems. The system also enables care providers to securely exchange photos, videos and file attachments on their smartphones. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

To qualify, facilities must close their beds Amazon’s physician acquisition strategy As Many Hospitals Continue to Face Significant Financial Challenges, MedPAC Recommends Highest Ever Medicare Payment Update Change competitors step in but breaking up may be hard to do CMS to launch new primary care ACO program Congress unveils $1.2T

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