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STAT+: Health care providers form a united front against stricter patient privacy rules

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After yet another record year for health data breaches, updated federal security rules to protect patient information are on the table in 2025. “It does raise significant issues about whether small practices and small institutions can effectively protect patient privacy in the new age we’re living in.

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STAT+: Frustrated with Change Healthcare breach, senators propose removing limits on HIPAA fines

STAT

Having worked as a medical director for several large health insurance companies and having suffered through the Change fiasco herself as a rehab doctor with a private practice in Kansas City, she figured that if her data had been exposed in that February breach, she would have been notified by now.

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How to write a health insurance appeal letter

The Checkup by Singlecare

Meanwhile, the radiologist’s office contacts your insurance to get the service approved. Your insurance provider decided to deny the claim, which means you can’t have the scan. Or, worst-case scenario, you’ve already gotten it and your insurance denied the claim after the fact. What is an insurance appeal letter?

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5 HIPAA Compliance Tips For Healthcare Professionals

Pharma Mirror

Healthcare professionals who comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will benefit by removing the risk of breaching the HIPAA rules. These are just 5 benefits among many advantages of complying with the HIPAA Rules. Their patients would feel secure with them.

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Amazon bolsters Alexa’s health credentials with Sharecare deal

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Since last year, the Alexa device has been certified to transmit and receive health information in line with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its data privacy and security provisions, according to the online retail giant. billion at the end of 2018, according to market research.

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Specialty pharma’s next big opportunity: it’s time for patient access to adopt an open protocol

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Open protocol, simply put, is a digital language that facilitates electronic transactions among prescribers, pharmacies, patient support vendors, data aggregators, insurers, and other stakeholders in the specialty pharmaceutical patient journey. You may ask: Can an open protocol be HIPAA compliant?

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Cybersecurity in pharma: Securing the future

Pharmaceutical Technology

Cybersecurity challenges As per a Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2022 survey, there is a need for greater awareness on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and data privacy along with other measures.

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