The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 1, 2025

On October 9, 2023, Azura Vascular Care identified suspicious network activity, with the forensic investigation confirming that hackers had access to its network between September 27, 2023, and October 9, 2023, during which time they potentially stole the protected health information of patients.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 1, 2023

consumers say they can’t afford to pay their medical bills on-time, based on the 2023 Consumer Survey from Access One, a financial services company focused on healthcare payments. Furthermore, one-third of consumers are not confident they could pay a medical bill of $500 or more. Two-thirds of U.S.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of COVID-19 regulations, Texas has taken a unique stance with Senate Bill 7, which was signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on November 10, 2023. Senate Bill 7 stands as a safeguard for employees who choose not to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.

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Health Prime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

According to The State of Mental Health in America 2023 , 21% of adults are currently experiencing a mental illness, which equates to over 50 million Americans. A 2023 IGNUX report states that hospital coding mistakes make up 63% of medical billing errors. Strategies to improve your mental health reimbursements 1.

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Scrubs

JUNE 12, 2023

The tests were hailed as the “first of its kind” when it hit the market in 2023. The biotech firm known as Grail made headlines earlier this year thanks to its signature Galleri blood tests, which can detect up to 50 different kinds of cancer early on to improve patient outcomes.

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We Care Online

MAY 19, 2025

CDC reveals that nearly 2 in 5 high school students felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2023, and 1 in 5 strongly considered suicide. The Federalist reveals that an Oklahoma bill, for example, aimed at restricting furry identities frames it as a mental health issue needing assistance. This isn’t just typical growing pains.

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Health Prime

JUNE 22, 2023

Medical billing plays a crucial role in the success of any healthcare practice, and gastroenterology is no exception. Gastroenterologists face unique challenges with medical billing due to the complex nature of their specialty. According to a recent Precedence Research report , the gastroenterology market size 2023 is USD 54.56

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority Email Account Breach The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority (UW Health) recently provided an update on a security incident that was detected in late 2023. 20, 2023, and Dec. 20, 2023, and Dec.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

March was a particularly bad month for healthcare data breaches with 93 branches of 500 or more records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a 50% increase from February and a 41% year-over-year increase from March 2023.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently introduced a bill addressing cybersecurity protections and oversight in the healthcare industry. In December 2023, an analytics software vendor suffered a breach during which hackers gained access to a system used by healthcare professionals to help improve patient outcomes.

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2024

This report compiled quantitative data from payments processed on the InstaMed network amounting to some $656 billion in healthcare payments in addition to results from three qualitative surveys that Qualtrics conducted polling consumers, providers and payors in 2023. This is the modus operandi for bill payment among U.S.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 9, 2024

SouthCoast Health and Privia Medical Group in Georgia have notified patients about a cyberattack and data breach that occurred in June 2023. During that time, files on the network were viewed or copied.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. Note that 3 in 4 Washingtonians supported the law when polled in March 2023, with only 17% of people opposing it.

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E-Clinic

MARCH 1, 2023

e-clinic is thrilled to announce that we are exhibiting at the upcoming Aesthetics Conference and Exhibition (ACE), taking place on the 10th and 11th of March 2023 at the Business Design Centre, London. Our software offers a range of features that help clinics manage patient data, appointments, billing, and more.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 26, 2023

In order to practice medicine in 2023, a physician has to constantly be learning– keeping up with the latest drug and device approvals, reading clinical trials, incorporating new prognostic scores, and even learning entirely new or emergent diseases, such as COVID-19. They seem not to understand basic principles of science.

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CareerStep

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

If you’ve ever considered a job in healthcare but don’t want to work directly with patients, medical billing and coding may be a good fit! The American Medical Association (AMA) reported that as of spring of 2023, the U.S. What do medical coders do and what do medical billing professionals do? And why are they in demand?

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 5, 2024

These days, billing can be complex. It makes billing simpler and more accurate. The medical billing market is growing fast. This growth shows just how vital medical billing is becoming. This growth shows just how vital medical billing is becoming. Medical billing software comes with many helpful features.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

There was no letup in cyberattacks on healthcare organizations in 2023, which set two new records – The most reported data breaches and the most breached records. In 2023, 725 data breaches were reported to OCR and across those breaches, more than 133 million records were exposed or impermissibly disclosed. In 2023, 79.7%

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Amber Pharmacy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

14, 2023) – In honor of Amber Specialty Pharmacy’s 25th anniversary, the specialty pharmacy provider has launched Vitality, a new six-month transplant recovery program to help support patients and caregivers during the post-transplant period, which is considered the most critical time for those patients. OMAHA, Neb. (Sept.

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Health Prime

AUGUST 22, 2024

According to Grand View Research , the medical coding market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.85% from 2023 to 2030. However, this aspect is often overlooked despite being the backbone of accurate billing and reimbursement in the healthcare industry.

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Health Prime

JUNE 22, 2023

Medical billing plays a crucial role in the success of any healthcare practice, and gastroenterology is no exception. Gastroenterologists face unique challenges with medical billing due to the complex nature of their specialty. According to a recent Precedence Research report , the gastroenterology market size 2023 is USD 54.56

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 25, 2023

On April 26, 2023, Bobby Jindal and Chirag Parghi declared, on the opinion pages of the WSJ, that “ Mammograms Can Promote Heart Health.” Mammography providers would use artificial intelligence technology to quantify breast artery calcification and would add that service to the charge they currently bill.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The bottom-line, literally: four in ten consumers would not pay a medical bill if they cannot understand the administrative experience. adults ages 26 and over via an online study conducted in April and May 2023. Note the 58% of patients told Cedar that paying for a healthcare bill was stressful. Cedar polled 1,239 U.S.

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Health Prime

JUNE 20, 2024

According to the 2023 ACHE’s Top Issues Confronting Hospitals survey , workforce challenges emerged as the foremost concern for hospital CEOs, ranking number one on their list of priorities. Are you facing challenges with medical billing due to staff shortages and high turnover rates?

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CareerStep

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you’re looking to take the next steps in your medical coding and billing career after finishing your training, you’re probably thinking about which certifications you should get to maximize your potential in the job market. The CPC certification is considered the gold standard for medical coding and billing professionals.

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Practice Index

MARCH 27, 2025

Some doctors face a cliff edge when any extra earnings trigger a tax bill of 22,500. New data shows 107 incidents recorded by police at practices in the region in 2023. As many as four million appointments in general practice may have been lost because of doctors cutting back on work to avoid extra tax on their pension payments.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Nursing School Capacity In May 2023, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) released data showing that student enrollment in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs decreased by 1.4% Whether this bill can make it through Congress and become law is unknown. in 2022, the first decrease in 20 years.

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CollaborateMD

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

billion in 2023, is forecasted to grow to 5.06 By streamlining workflows, like the medical billing process, CollaborateMD helps providers utilize reporting tools that simplify revenue cycle management, reimbursing them faster. The global healthcare supply chain management market, valued at 3.51 billion by 2030.

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Health Populi

JUNE 11, 2024

between 2023 and 2024, according to the 2024 Milliman Medical Index. This year, I opted for a 2025 Subaru Forester and a year’s tuition for a New Mexico resident living off-campus for 2023-24 attending University of New Mexico. Health care costs for an “average” person covered by an employer-sponsored PPO in the U.S.

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CollaborateMD

MAY 15, 2023

The post HIMSS Global Conference 2023: Top Trends and Takeaways appeared first on CollaborateMD. Our interconnected and customizable solutions such as Updox, Charge Capture , DrChrono, CollaborateMD , and HealthWatch provide healthcare providers with the tools they need to take patient experience and efficiency to new heights!

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Keep that relationship in mind in the context of a new forecast from Kaiser Family Foundation estimate the 2023 cost for employer-sponsored insurance for a family to reach nearly $24,000 in 2023. consumers said paying a health care bill was stressful.

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The HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers of Charlotte, Fayetteville, and the West in North Carolina, have provided an update on a cyberattack that was detected on November 17, 2023. The intrusion was detected on March 9, 2023, when ransomware was used to encrypt files.

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Medbridge

MARCH 18, 2024

With the completion of the first performance year (2023) under Home Health Value-based Purchasing (HHVBP), understanding how your agency performed will help you improve your future performance.

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Health Prime

MAY 2, 2024

According to The State of Mental Health in America 2023 , 28% of all adults with a mental illness reported that they were not able to receive the treatment they needed. Outsourcing your medical billing is also a good strategy if you are a mental health professional or facility interested in increasing patient visits.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Justice Department took that rare step in Maryland in connection with a practice in which Dr. Ron Elfenbein, a physician, billed Medicare and private payors a Level 4 E/M for patients receiving COVID-19 tests. There is ambiguity galore in healthcare billing. But unlike some CPT codes, E/M CPT codes are imprecise.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 12, 2023

adults 18 and over in October 2023 to gauge peoples’ perspectives on personal finances, and well-being currently and into 2024. Fidelity conducted an online poll among 3,002 U.S. In fact, 45% pf people said they had to take money out from their emergency savings for current spending needs.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

On December 22, 2023, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024, the U.S. The bill authorizes $10 million for research and development for clinical studies on treatment with psychedelic substances. government has acknowledged the potential benefits.

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