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HIPAA Seal of Compliance = Consumer Fraud

Healthcare IT Today

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a consumer fraud settlement against a company that displayed a ‘HIPAA Compliant’ seal on its website.

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The 2020 Amwell Client Awards

American Well

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Amwell Client Awards! By 2020, IU Health had launched on-demand virtual psychiatry assessments in the ED and a virtual peer recovery program, going live in 14 hospitals in less than 100 days. The company had nearly 47,000 telehealth registrations by end of May 2020. Cleveland Clinic.

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2020 Roadmap: Overcoming Telemedicine Barriers

GlobalMed

Senior leadership at a research think tank or a chain of skilled nursing facilities may not understand virtual care’s value. Because of these hurdles, and the uncertainty around HIPAA compliance, some providers have decided to steer clear of telemedicine. Medicare, Medicaid and commercial payers can pay the same service differently.

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Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Cost Nearly $21 Billion In 2020. Now What?

Healthcare IT Today

As the dust settles on 2020, it’s become clear that this was an unbelievably bad year for healthcare ransomware attacks. In fact, it was a year that cost organizations $20.8 billion in ransomware expenses, according to a new estimate. Worse, there is no future relief in sight.

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Hot 2020 Health Information Management and Health Information Technology Topics

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2020, I reached out to a number of people in Health Information Management (HIM) and Health Information Technology (HIT) to hear their thoughts on these hot topics: Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), Privacy and Security of Health Information, Medical Coding Standards, and Patient Matching.

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Care Angel Launches Offering to Support Managed Care Plans Charged with Medicaid Redetermination

Digital Health Global

The end of the public health emergency, which was announced in January 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, now requires health insurers with Medicaid plans to begin eligibility redeterminations, effective April 1. The company’s offering is deployed within a secure platform that supports HIPAA compliance.

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Behavioral health clinic uses telehealth to expand its reach to vulnerable patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Bridge evaluated a few HIPAA-compliant telehealth programs and Zoom’s was determined the best and most cost-effective for the agency’s purposes. “Fortunately, HIPAA-compliant Zoom proved to be very simple to operate from both ends,” Robeck remarked. Even if it could be ordered, it wasn’t readily available.”