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

Health Prime

Safeguarding patient information and ensuring data security is always the highest priority in medical billing. 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.

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Harbin Clinic: 210,000 Individuals Affected by Nationwide Recovery Services Data Breach

The HIPAA Journal

The Cl0p threat group has used ransomware in the past; however, it tends to concentrate on the mass exploitation of vulnerabilities in file transfer solutions and steals sensitive data to extort victims. Most recently, Cl0p exploited vulnerabilities in Cleo file transfer software.

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What Behavioral Health Students Need to Know Before Starting or Joining a Practice

Valant

Practice management skills like scheduling, billing, documentation, and compliance can protect you from professional burnout and set you on a path to success. Billing and Revenue Cycle Insurance claims are complex, which is why some practices employ dedicated billing staff.

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Henry Ford Health Settles Tracking Technology Lawsuit

The HIPAA Journal

Those tools collected visitor information, including protected health information (PHI), which was transferred to third parties such as Meta and Google Inc. The post Henry Ford Health Settles Tracking Technology Lawsuit appeared first on The HIPAA Journal. without website users’ knowledge or consent.

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The Complete Epic Implementation Guide For 2025

Arkenea

Security planning must address HIPAA compliance, data protection protocols, access control systems, and audit trail capabilities that protect sensitive patient information. Integration between clinical and financial modules ensures accurate coding, billing, and revenue capture.

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Bathrooms “R” Us

Physicians Practice

I refer to this thought transference as the Bathroom Experience (BE), a powerful metaphor for how seemingly minor details can dramatically impact patients’ perceptions of a medical practice. Clarifying a patient’s misunderstanding of the HIPAA privacy rule Rachel V. A clean bathroom goes unnoticed because it’s expected.

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Importance of HIPAA Compliance in Medical Coding and Billing

Northwest Career College

HIPAA is a short form of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , a law devised to protect patients’ personal information regarding their health conditions. A medical billing and coding professional plays a big part in ensuring that this health information is handled as it should be.

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