CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Reducing duplication errors in medical claims documentation. Automation enables the electronic submission of claims and supporting documents, allowing insurers to review and process claims more quickly. Automated systems ensure compliance by following industry standards and HIPAA regulations throughout the claims process.

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Arkenea

JUNE 23, 2025

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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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 11, 2025

The lawsuit survived a motion to dismiss and, following two attempts at mediation, an agreement in principle was reached on December 18, 2024, to settle the litigation. In the following months, the details of the agreement were finalized, and the settlement has now received preliminary approval from a federal judge.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 8, 2025

Electronic Health Records (EHR) and practice management systems are goldmines of information. Review Documentation: Review the patient record, encounter forms, and billing documents for completeness and accuracy. Also, document all the services provided and code them appropriately. Also known as chart audit or charge review.)

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Phlebotomy Careers

JULY 7, 2025

Maintain ‍professionalism: Follow hygiene, safety, and privacy protocols ​diligently. Leverage technology: Use ⁣mobile devices and lab portals ⁣to stay organized and up-to-date. These roles are increasingly in demand ‌due to the rise of home ⁤healthcare, telemedicine, and patient-centric service‌ models.

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Medical Economics

JULY 15, 2025

Addressing compliance issues, such as Stark/DHS regulations, HIPAA, and employee classification, is essential to maintain valuation. If you do not perform monthly checks of public exclusion lists (directly or via a vendor), then you should start doing so and document each check. HIPAA Compliance. Monthly exclusion checks.

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Valant

JUNE 18, 2025

Through AI Notes’ capabilities to streamline and automate clinical documentation, the feature gives back valuable time to providers so they can focus on what matters most, whether it be patient care, reduced burnout or scalable growth. Which tasks pile up and hang over your head? What drags down your earning potential?

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The HIPAA Journal

JUNE 12, 2025

The plaintiffs alleged that the data breach was a direct result of the defendants’ negligence, namely the failure to implement reasonable and appropriate data security measures, follow industry-standard cybersecurity practices, and adequately train employees on cybersecurity. One of the class action lawsuits – Victoria Lempinen v.

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Prism Career Institute

MAY 6, 2025

It’s also crucial to maintain patient confidentiality and follow Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. They also may work with a patient to schedule any follow-up appointments. This can be done by having up-to-date documentation, such as a CPR certification.

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Arkenea

JULY 23, 2025

These systems offer significant advantages in data consistency and workflow efficiency, as clinical documentation automatically flows into billing processes without manual intervention. Patients should be able to view statements, make payments, set up payment plans, and communicate with billing staff through the portal.

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CollaborateMD

APRIL 3, 2025

” With all of these concerns, it’s vital that providers and billing departments understand and follow the key elements of proper medical billing compliance to run a successful practice. Following health insurance policies and procedures. ” “Do I have all the correct patient information?” The result?

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Northwest Career College

JULY 15, 2025

” You’ll also be handling “ follow-up ” visits, repeat visits just to check how someone’s doing. Another important word is “HIPAA.” An “ EOB ,” or explanation of benefits, is a document showing what the insurance paid and the patient owes.

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Arkenea

JUNE 20, 2025

The integration of electronic signature capture and document management capabilities streamlines the registration process while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and consent requirements.

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Physicians Practice

JUNE 23, 2025

From AI scribes that promise to slash documentation time to “plug-and-play” patient-engagement portals, vendors descend on medical practices with glossy decks and tight trial deadlines. Clarifying a patient’s misunderstanding of the HIPAA privacy rule Rachel V. Yet a single misstep can wipe out months of margin.

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Mobius MD

JANUARY 1, 2025

Youve found the best EMR for your specialty and streamlined your documentation workflow. Knowing the right medical practice software tools – for scheduling, documentation, clinical decision support, and more – will make your life much easier. Streamline medical practice scheduling with Amion What if you enjoyed scheduling?

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Mobius MD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Mobile apps for physicians can enable communication with patients and other providers, enhance medical education, inform clinical decision-making, and streamline documentation. It offers HIPAA-compliant messaging, free digital faxing, and telehealth capabilities.

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Physicians Practice

JUNE 20, 2025

Neil Baum, MD Successful practices do not follow others; rather, they make their own paths and follow their own pathways and agendas. Neil Baum, MD Successful practices do not follow others; rather, they make their own paths and follow their own pathways and agendas. Edison said, "I have not failed 10,000 times.

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Arkenea

APRIL 10, 2025

This approach can free up internal resources, reduce time to market, and provide access to niche skills, especially in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the Internet of Things. Scalability Outsourced teams can flex up or down based on project phases.

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Arkenea

JUNE 22, 2025

This necessitates the acquisition of a permanent license, which frequently involves paying a hefty up-front cost. Additionally, in addition to the software requirements, hardware acquisition costs also pile up higher in case of on-premise EHRs as compared to cloud hosted EHR.

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Arkenea

JUNE 8, 2025

EHRs are HIPAA and HITRUST compliant to avoid disclosure of Patient Health Information (PHI) due to cyberattacks. Moreover, HIPAA compliance and Privacy Rules are to be included while exhibiting Meaningful Use. Healthcare facilities and providers can achieve MU by implementing the following steps.

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Patient Approved

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Worse, it may even end up hurting your business. Copyright 2021 by Patient Approved® - a series of Fantastic Companies, LLC BEST PRACTICES STEP 1 - Monitor Your Online Brand Google provides a free service where you can set up an "Alert" or notification for any keyword. But, like many tools, if mismanaged, it will not perform for you.

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The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Penalties for HIPAA violations can be issued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and state attorneys general. In addition to financial penalties, covered entities are required to adopt a corrective action plan to bring policies and procedures up to the standards demanded by HIPAA. .

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EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

This comprehensive guide provides hospital and revenue cycle leadership with vital insights on preparing for CERT audits and establishing processes for compliant documentation. This section delves into the specific criteria and expectations set by CERT audits, emphasizing the need for meticulous attention to detail and documentation accuracy.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

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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Scrubs

AUGUST 22, 2023

The number of healthcare data breaches keeps going up year after year. They should also keep up with the latest healthcare IT news, including the HIPAA Journal , to make sure your system is up to date. These data breaches have affected millions of patients, putting their sensitive healthcare information at risk.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 15, 2025

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.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When diagnoses are reported only using enrollees’ HRAs and HRA-linked chart reviews and there are no follow-up visits, procedures, or tests, HHS-OIG is concerned that the diagnoses may be inaccurate and therefore the payments made by the CMS may be improper. HHS-OIG’s analysis of MA encounter data identified 1.7

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Arkenea

MARCH 29, 2025

Having a profound understanding of the HIPAA rules puts you one step ahead in the healthcare sector. HIPAA risk assessment ensures that ePHI is protected from threats and vulnerabilities such as fraud, data breaches, financial scams, identity thefts, etc. HIPAA Compliance Checklist 1.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services has proposed a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that was filed in response to a 2021 data breach that exposed the data of up to 350,000 patients. The post BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services Proposes Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Arkenea

APRIL 8, 2025

Key Takeaways Healthcare developers must follow the three key HIPAA rules during API development: HIPAA security rule, privacy rule, and the breach notification rule. Further, HIPAA compliant healthcare APIs protect the security and privacy of ePHI during data exchange. Key Rules for Developing a HIPAA API 1.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2025

AllCare Plus Pharmacy LLC – was filed in the Suffolk County Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts over the data breach, claiming the data breach occurred due to the failure to implement appropriate cybersecurity measures and follow industry standard security best practices.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

This marks the first update to the HIPAA Security Rule since 2013. 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. population. [1]

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Valant

JULY 16, 2024

Failing to follow best practices for therapy notes and progress notes can have legal and professional repercussions. HIPAA regulates that therapy notes be stored separately from progress notes. The following is not an exhaustive list and state laws may apply, so check regulations in your state. What are Therapy Notes?

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 6, 2025

Class members can claim up to $10,000 as reimbursement for documented expenses incurred as a result of the data breach. The stolen data related to customers who made purchases between June 6, 2017, and July 30, 2017, and included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers license numbers, and other ID documents.

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Physicians Practice

JUNE 26, 2025

Tech upgrade success: 6 rules every practice should follow Keith A. Clarifying a patient’s misunderstanding of the HIPAA privacy rule Rachel V. 7 quick checkpoints for practices June 26, 2025 By Keith A.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 30, 2025

The plaintiffs alleged that their data was compromised in the cyberattack, and data theft could have been prevented if Practice Resources had implemented reasonable and appropriate cybersecurity measures and followed industry best practices. Million Data Breach Settlement appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 3, 2024

HIPAA compliance is a crucial aspect of any medical billing software. Understanding the importance of HIPAA compliance and implementing the necessary protocols helps healthcare providers avoid legal and financial repercussions. Within HIPAA, many rules dictate privacy, security, and confidentiality.

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