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Promoting HIPAA Compliance in Healthcare Organizations

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HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is concerned with securing patients’ data. It incorporates strict rules and regulations for healthcare data pertaining to patients’ information. It’s a mandatory act if healthcare providers and related stakeholders want to proceed without any restriction.

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A guide to healthcare digital transformation and the digital-first model

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It aligns healthcare organizations with its customers – highly digital patients. This is one of the most important topics healthcare CIOs and other C-suite and health IT leaders can be talking about today. Data integration and interoperability are critical components of successful digital transformation in healthcare.

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inVio Health Network and CVS Accountable Care Partner to Improve Medicare Patient Care in South Carolina

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What You Should Know: – inVio Health Network and CVS Accountable Care Organization, a division of CVS Health , have announced a collaboration to participate in the new Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) REACH program. CVS Accountable Care contributes its extensive experience and resources.

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How Healthcare Providers Can Bolster Cybersecurity Defenses and Protect Patient Data

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In the healthcare sector, however, that number skyrocketed to $10.1 Why is an attack on a healthcare organization so much more costly? While part of this comes down to the fact that healthcare organizations often have big budgets, and so might be able to pay big ransoms, the biggest part of the answer is consequences.

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Feds Launches Investigation of Change Healthcare Cybersecurity Attack

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What You Should Know: – The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced an investigation into the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare , a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG). In 2023, hacking accounted for 79% of the large breaches reported to OCR.

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Why External Medical Billing Audits Vital for Healthcare Providers?

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prgseo February 23, 2023 Why External Medical Billing Audits Vital for Healthcare Providers? If there is one thing every healthcare facility wants to sail through and simultaneously fear a lot, it is medical billing audit in compliance with legal healthcare authorities. We at Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

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Stanford uses AI to navigate health information sharing with teens and their families

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In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, the sharing of health information is a delicate balance, especially when it comes to teenagers. THE PROBLEM Patient portals facilitate efficient sharing of health information between patients, their families and healthcare providers.