Physicians Practice

JUNE 26, 2025

Clarifying a patient’s misunderstanding of the HIPAA privacy rule Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA June 19th 2025 Article Understanding HIPAA's Privacy Rule clarifies how incidental disclosures in health care settings are permissible, ensuring patient privacy while facilitating essential communications.

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Arkenea

APRIL 10, 2025

This rapid turnaround was possible due to the vendors agile processes, continuous integration pipelines, and prebuilt compliance frameworks for HIPAA and GDPR. Document nonfunctional requirements such as performance, security, and compliance. Scalability Outsourced teams can flex up or down based on project phases.

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Arkenea

JUNE 8, 2025

For example, number of people suffering from diabetes in 2021 or number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis last year. EHRs are HIPAA and HITRUST compliant to avoid disclosure of Patient Health Information (PHI) due to cyberattacks. Moreover, HIPAA compliance and Privacy Rules are to be included while exhibiting Meaningful Use.

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Patient Approved

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Best Practices Making the Internet Work for You Copyright 2021 by Patient Approved® - a series of Fantastic Companies, LLC BEST PRACTICES The Internet is a double-edged sword. Google will notify you whenever they find a website or document that contains the keywords. But, like many tools, if mismanaged, it will not perform for you.

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The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Penalties for HIPAA violations can be issued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and state attorneys general. In addition to financial penalties, covered entities are required to adopt a corrective action plan to bring policies and procedures up to the standards demanded by HIPAA. .

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

HIPAA violation cases are compliance investigations that result from a data breach being notified to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) or a privacy complaint being submitted to OCR via the complaints portal. There are many different types of HIPAA violation cases.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services has proposed a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that was filed in response to a 2021 data breach that exposed the data of up to 350,000 patients. The post BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services Proposes Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Arkenea

MARCH 29, 2025

Having a profound understanding of the HIPAA rules puts you one step ahead in the healthcare sector. HIPAA risk assessment ensures that ePHI is protected from threats and vulnerabilities such as fraud, data breaches, financial scams, identity thefts, etc. Nearly 45 million records were exposed or stolen in 2021.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 7, 2025

Apria Healthcare, an Indianapolis-based provider of home healthcare equipment and related services, has agreed to pay $6,400,000 to resolve all claims related to data breaches in 2019 and 2021 that affected 1,869,598 individuals. A further hacking incident was experienced in 2021 and was disclosed by Apria Healthcare in May 2023.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). Health Populi’s Hot Points: Everyone of Manatt Health’s ten imperatives are spot-on in this moment as we segue from Our Covid Year of 2020 to the Covid Year of 2021. Help our children achieve their potential. Innovate long-term care. Accelerate digital health.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 13, 2025

On May 13, 2021, plaintiffs Misty Meier and Jane Doe filed a class action complaint against Netgain, alleging their personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) were stolen in the attack. Million Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Litigation appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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Physicians Practice

JULY 24, 2025

Reynolds Blog Article Explore the intersection of HIPAA violations and the False Claims Act, highlighting compliance strategies to mitigate legal risks in healthcare. 4] Subsequently, in October 2021, the United States Department of Justice ( DOJ ) announced its Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative (hereinafter “ Cyber Initiative ”).

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Valant

APRIL 17, 2024

If you’re struggling to manage the logistics of treatment plan documentation and wondering how you’ll cope in light of practice growth, be encouraged. Automated workflows and documentation tools. Because the organization spans multiple states, it’s difficult to document telehealth services consistently.

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Valant

JULY 29, 2024

Altered mental status, unspecified (R41.82) is a billable ICD-10 diagnostic code under HIPAA regulations from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. ICD-10 Code for Altered Mental Status In this blog post, Valant discusses the ICD-10 code for Altered Mental Status.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

Since it includes patients’ data or ePHI (Protected Health Information), it’s essential to encompass HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) rules during the e-prescription software development process. HIPAA regulations safeguard ePHI on physical, technical, and administrative levels.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

According to the United States Census Bureau, more people were insured in 2022 than 2021. million, had health insurance at some point during the year, representing an increase in the insured rate and number of insured from 2021. To ensure seamless integration and data exchange implement standards such as FHIR and HIPAA.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Source: NIH ) A report by the CDC revealed that 15 percent of the kids in the USA have recently received treatment for mental health disorders in 2021. Therapists can manage appointments, documentation work, patient monitoring, and medications with a mental health application.

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The HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

An investigation was launched and on September 6, 2024, it was confirmed that unauthorized actors had accessed its network and exfiltrated copies of documents that contained some patient information. The post Planned Parenthood Ransomware Attack Affects 18,000 Patients appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Reactive case management occurs when prior authorization for treatment is denied, affecting timeliness of patient treatment (Braxton, 2024)(DeMarzo & Ayoub, 2021). Data sourced from (Mills, 2021). Additionally, the software is capable of accepting proprietary internal documents.

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The HIPAA Journal

JUNE 2, 2025

In 2021, in California alone, there were 57 employee deaths from workplace violence. Other notable changes include a new definition for authorized employee representative, which are permitted to request records such as violent incident logs, employee training documentation, and hazard identification records.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 2, 2024

According to a report published by Chime, 83 percent of acute care organizations stated high use of patient portals by users in 2021, as compared to 74 percent in 2020. Every patient profile is accessible to patients for updating and editing data as mandated under the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

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Arkenea

JUNE 27, 2024

Reports say that medical errors are one of the leading causes of death, and electronic medical records leave little to no room for documentation errors. The HIPAA regulation mandates that all healthcare organizations must send claims electronically. billion in 2021 at a 16.3 Currently, around 77.8

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Valant

APRIL 21, 2025

External access should be granted only on a need-to-know basis, with permissions documented and reviewed regularly. HIPAA-compliant messaging systems keep patient communication secure. In addition to HIPAA, behavioral health providers must also comply with applicable state laws and insurance regulations.

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The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

HIPAA Sets Stage for 24/7 Electronic Surveillance of Medical Decision Making The other little remarked development provided the technical foundation for a payer controlled care system- the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Moodys Investor Service found that the median US hospital received only 1.7%

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Mobius MD

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

However, as healthcare changes with new technology and reimbursement models, so should clinical documentation. When questions arise regarding clinical documentation, providers should always refer to their specialty-specific training and published legal guidelines. Reimbursement – Clinical notes are a service document.

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