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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 30, 2024 10:53:02 AM
A Release of Information (ROI) form is a legal document used to obtain a person's consent to disclose their personal information, typically in healthcare, legal, or business contexts. In healthcare, it is commonly used to release medical records or...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 30, 2024 10:44:30 AM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released the Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 28, 2024 10:33:40 AM
A data breach at the Center for Vein Restoration (CVR) has exposed the personal and medical information of 445,000 individuals.
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 28, 2024 8:37:07 AM
A Medical Savings Account (MSA) is a type of financial account designed to help individuals save money for healthcare expenses.
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 27, 2024 9:02:31 AM
De-identification forms are documents or templates used to ensure that sensitive information, particularly personally identifiable information (PII)...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 27, 2024 8:04:07 AM
Title V of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) focuses on revenue offsets to address specific tax-related...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 26, 2024 12:30:00 AM
“The Privacy Rule permits a covered entity to disclose protected health information about a decedent to a family member, or other person who was...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 25, 2024 8:02:55 AM
Data breaches can occur for various reasons, often stemming from vulnerabilities in systems, processes, or human error. We’ll go over some of the...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 24, 2024 10:09:11 AM
Title I of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is focused on Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability. It...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 24, 2024 7:21:27 AM
Title IV of HIPAA is the Enforcement and Revenue Offsets section, which focuses on ensuring compliance with the act’s provisions regarding health...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 24, 2024 7:07:14 AM
Endpoint protection, also known as endpoint security, is the securing endpoints or entry points of end-user devices such as desktops, laptops,...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 23, 2024 11:10:49 AM
Title II of HIPAA is the Administrative Simplification provision, designed to improve the efficiency of healthcare systems by standardizing the...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 23, 2024 9:29:22 AM
The federal government has proposed updates to the National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP) to strengthen public-private partnerships and...
