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DOJ Announces Largest Ever Health Care Fraud Takedown

The HIPAA Journal

billion in allegedly fraudulent claims to Medicare related to telemedicine and genetic testing fraud schemes, and 170 defendants were involved in other fraud schemes involving medically unnecessary diagnostic testing, medical visits, and treatments totaling more than $1.84

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Surmodics & Kentfield Hospital Fall Victim to Cyberattacks

The HIPAA Journal

Surmodics, Minnesota Surmodics, an Eden Prairie, MN-based provider of catheters, medical device coatings, and chemical components for in vitro diagnostic tests and microarrays, has disclosed a security incident to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Transparency in Healthcare: How Consumers Are Taking Control of Their Medical Information

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Under HIPAA’s privacy rule, all patients have the right to inspect, review, and receive a copy of their medical records and billing records that are held by health plans and health care providers. Claims records are not the same as clinical records, and they typically don’t include test results and diagnostic information.

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HIPAA Violation Cases

The HIPAA Journal

HIPAA violation cases are compliance investigations that result from a data breach being notified to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) or a privacy complaint being submitted to OCR via the complaints portal. There are many different types of HIPAA violation cases.

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RAG in Healthcare: Your Complete Guide to Its Implementation

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But what exactly is RAG in healthcare, and more importantly, how can your organization implement it successfully while maintaining HIPAA compliance and ensuring patient safety? Compliance Challenges : Many AI solutions weren’t designed with HIPAA requirements in mind, creating potential compliance risks.

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Patient Data Compromised in Palomar Health Medical Group Cyberattack

The HIPAA Journal

For certain users, limited demographic information may also have been disclosed and, potentially, lab test names or lab test resources viewed on the website but no lab test results. The post Patient Data Compromised in Palomar Health Medical Group Cyberattack appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. This week, Ken Mandl and Eric Perakslis co-wrote an essay in The New England Journal of Medicine on HIPAA and the “leak of ‘deidentified’ EHR data.”

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