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2025 HIPAA Journal Annual Survey Published: Key Insights into Compliance Challenges

The HIPAA Journal

The HIPAA Journal has released the results of its 2025 Annual HIPAA Compliance Survey, offering a detailed snapshot of how healthcare organizations are managing HIPAA compliance in today’s regulatory environment. The survey also examined training practices at HIPAA-regulated entities.

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What is HIPAA Incident Management?

The HIPAA Journal

HIPAA incident management is the process of tracking, responding to, and documenting HIPAA security incidents as they are detected by automated security tools or reported by members of the workforce. Regardless of whether HIPAA incident management is fully automated, manual, or semi-manual, the process must include specific elements.

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Three Best Practices to Ensure Data Security and Compliance in Medical Billing 

Health Prime

With the expansion of digital healthcare information systems, security and regulatory compliance—such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) —have become not only best practices but also legal requirements. We are HIPAA-compliant. They invest in the latest technology and infrastructure.

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How to Implement Behavioral Health Compliance Best Practices

Relias

To help you better manage your organization’s various compliance needs, let’s delve into what behavioral compliance entails and some best practices to keep in mind. Consider HIPAA as an example: violations classified as “unknown” may incur fines starting at $100 per infraction. million per year.

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Can You Protect PHI When Using Public WiFi?

Mobius MD

For healthcare providers, this means the potential exposure of PHIa violation of your HIPAA obligations. How to Protect PHI When Using Public WiFi As a HIPAA-covered entity, you must secure PHI regardless of the technology or network. The concern with both is the same: malicious actors may intercept data or gain access to your device.

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How to Streamline Your Medical Claims Management Process for Better Results 

CollaborateMD

Adopt Best Practices Adhering to claims processing best practices is essential for maintaining efficiency. This includes regularly training staff in coding and billing procedures, keeping up to date with the latest industry and HIPAA regulations, and conducting routine audits to identify areas for improvement.

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Verisource Services Increases Data Breach Victim Count to 4 Million

The HIPAA Journal

The OCR breach portal still lists the incident as affecting 112,726 patients and plan members of its HIPAA-regulated entity clients, although that total may well be updated in the coming days. The post Verisource Services Increases Data Breach Victim Count to 4 Million appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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