The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

Data Breach Insights Healthcare accounted for 28% of data breach incidents, followed by finance and insurance (17%), business and professional services (15%), and education (13%). The biggest known root cause of all incidents was the exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities (23% of incidents) followed by phishing (20%).

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Health Prime

MAY 23, 2024

When speaking with prospective medical coding partners, make sure to find out how they follow compliance rules. They should give you a list of compliance procedures they take as a company and how they ensure each employee is following rules and regulations. Most of them are above 98.5%. Reach out to us at sales@hpiinc.com.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

One 2024 cyberattack on a healthcare payment cycle management company caused severe disruption throughout the healthcare industry and is estimated to have resulted in the compromise of the ePHI of up to one third of the U.S. Business Associates would also be required to obtain this verification from their subcontractors.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

OCR stepped up enforcement of compliance with the HIPAA Rules in 2016, more than doubling the number of financial penalties imposed. The following three years saw similar numbers of financial penalties; however, there was another major increase in HIPAA fines in 2020 when 19 HIPAA violation cases were settled with OCR.

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Arkenea

MARCH 31, 2025

Developing a healthcare application that complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is essential for safeguarding sensitive patient information and adhering to legal standards. HIPAA compliance costs can greatly vary depending on the kind of application you’re developing.

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Arkenea

MARCH 29, 2025

Covered Entities (CE): These are involved in transmitting, storing, and creating ePHI, so they must follow HIPAA compliance rules. Covered entities include health insurance companies, health plans, healthcare programs by the government, healthcare providers, and healthcare clearinghouses.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 3, 2024

Understanding HIPAA Regulations HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , became law in 1996. It provides national standards for using electronic health information and associated transactions. Those rules apply to healthcare organizations and their business partners where PHI is present.

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Arkenea

AUGUST 15, 2024

An EMR API integration involves linking in-house EMR to third-party services such as insurance management, billing portals, appointment booking platforms and more. This seamless flow of information allows providers to speed up treatment. Here’s how it is done. FHIR uses RESTful APIs for seamless data exchange.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

billion in loans to healthcare providers under its temporary funding program to help ease the financial strain caused by delays to the processing of insurance claims and providers will have 45 days to pay back the loans. United Health Group has also confirmed that it has paid out more than $3.3 40% of the $3.3

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

The 5 biggest healthcare data breaches were all hacking incidents, with the largest data breach reported by the Texas health plan New Era Life Insurance Companies, involving the protected health information of 335,000 individuals. LLC IN Business Associate 501 Hacking/IT Incident ARC Community Services, Inc.

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The HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was signed into law in 1996 and while there have been some significant HIPAA updates over the last two decades, the last set of major HIPAA updates occurred in 2013 with the introduction of the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule. HIPAA Changes in 2023.

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Valant

APRIL 21, 2025

For example, staff members who handle billing need insurance information, but not detailed clinical notes. Regular reviews of access permissions, particularly after staffing changes, help ensure security policies remain up to date. Security policies should be clear, practical, and easy to follow.

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