Save millions if laptops have data encryption

Every time there is a HIPAA data breach penalty for a lost laptop or hard drive, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Director Leon Rodriguez says that the penalty would have been avoided if the data was encrypted. The HITECH Act of 2009 modified the HIPAA data breach rule by stating that if a device is lost or stolen, the loss is not reportable as a HIPAA data breach if the data is encrypted in compliance with data encryption guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST.)  More