HIM/HIPAA

On September 26, the Office for Civil Rights announced a $250,000 settlement with Cascade Eye and Skin Centers, P.C., following a ransomware attack that exposed approximately 291,000 files containing electronic protected health information. We sat down for a Q&A with Jonathan Steele, a cybersecurity consultant at Steele Fortress and practicing attorney at Beerman Law, who shares key lessons learned from the Cascade Eye and Skin Centers breach.

It’s November (where did the time go?), but HIPAA is still HIPAA. So, we thought it might be a good time to dial it back and recall some of the basics. Here are some tips and tricks we’ve compiled for you as we approach 2025.

CDI staff must be able familiarize themselves with missing clinical indicators that commonly lead to denials.

Review education strategies for CDI professionals to improve documentation, reduce denials, and boost accuracy in medical records.

Julia Huddleston, CIPP/US, CIPM, CCSFP, answers submitted questions on a variety of HIPAA topics.

Analyze current denials trends to get a better understanding of your organization and potentially identify unknown issues.

In its August 2024 OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter, HHS talked about the importance of facility access controls. Here’s a breakdown of the newsletter followed by a Q&A with a cybersecurity expert.

Learn about the new codes for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) cell collection and cell processing in the 2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule.

by Dom Nicastro