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April 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

The HIPAA Journal

CA Health Plan 12,224 Unauthorized Access/Disclosure Mailing incident involving mailing vendor (Billing Documents Specialists) Shipping labels contained Social Security numbers. Hackers exploited vulnerabilities in its PACS and gained access to sensitive patient data and medical images.

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Fired ACIP members: RFK Jr. has ‘critically weakened’ U.S. vaccine program

Medical Economics

The co-authors The former ACIP members and co-authors of the article were: Chair Helen Keipp Talbot, MD, MPH, an ACIP member from 2018 to 2023. Oliver Brooks, MD, FAAP, chief medical officer of Watts HealthCare Corp. Sybli Cineas, MD, FAAP, FACP, associate professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

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Supreme Court allows states to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Planned Parenthood ends a legal dispute over a 2018 South Carolina policy that sought to block clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. And as far as Planned Parenthood and comparable providers are concerned, this case could be part of a one-two punch if Trumps Big Beautiful Bill passes.”

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To Preempt Government Action, Insurers Say They’re Fixing Prior Authorization

Forbes Healthcare

Follow Author Jul 02, 2025, 08:22am EDT Share Save Comment Insurers designate certain prescription drugs with prior authorization to ensure safe and medically. Here, a healthcare provider must obtain approval from a health insurer before prescribing a medication. More appropriate use but also to contain costs.

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How Two Fathers Turned Personal Crisis Into Preeclampsia Innovation

Forbes Healthcare

In 2018, they co-founded Mirvie, a company that uses RNA technology to anticipate and prevent preeclampsia , a condition that affects one in 12 pregnancies and can lead to seizures, organ failure, and even death. Preeclampsia-related medical costs in the U.S. alone total an estimated $2.18 billion in the first year after birth—$1.03

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Americans End 2018 Worried About Healthcare Costs

Health Populi

Nearly one-half of Americans are quite concerned they won’t have enough money to pay for medical care, according to the latest Gallup poll. Health insurance in-security is mainstream as of November 2018, when Gallup polled U.S. The post Americans End 2018 Worried About Healthcare Costs appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

Health Populi

The big gap in supply to patients vs. demand by health consumers is highlighted by what the arrow in the chart below points to: managing payments and paying bills. Patient-facing digital tools help patients with fairly basic tasks like making appointments, seeking doctors, and paying bills.