The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

The reason for the exceptionally high number of data breaches was a cyberattack on the rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospital operator Ernest Health. Philips Respironics, a provider of respiratory care products, initially reported a hacking-related breach to OCR involving the PHI of 457,152 individuals.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In some parts of the world, such as Australia and Norway, “in-person at-home acute care has gained signification traction and has been offered in most hospitals for over 15 years,” the authors note. ” Thus the call for value-based payment which can, when well-designed, align the four stakeholders’ interests.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

For acute care, antibiotics aplenty, pain relief, GI, respiratory/cough, corticosteroids among others commonly prescribed in urgent care clinics and visits. in any one’s definition of value-based health care — most especially, a consumer’s. Cost, cost, cost, cost, and cost — above quality of care.

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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. It also minimized human errors by ensuring an optimized medical billing process. Online payments allow patients to self-manage their bills and balances.

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Arkenea

JUNE 27, 2024

The HIPAA regulation mandates that all healthcare organizations must send claims electronically. Cloud-based EMR fits the bill aptly. They don’t need complex installation processes and neither a heavy pocket to pay the bill. Acute Care Acute care EMR software is largely used in hospitals and other inpatient care facilities.

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The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It has been several years since new HIPAA regulations have been signed into law, but HIPAA changes in 2022 are expected. The last update to the HIPAA Rules was the HIPAA Omnibus Rule in 2013, which introduced new requirements mandated by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

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