HIPAA Data Breach Harder to Deny With New Standard (From my EMRapproved HIT Security weekly blog) Proof of harm no longer required for a reportable HIPAA data breach The release of the HIPAA Omnibus package …
Curing Common HIPAA & EHR Spelling Headaches By Mike Semel Sometimes as I am racing to type my thoughts down I type so fast that I make spelling errors like the one I warn everyone …
New HIPAA Rules Affect Health Care Providers and Businesses That Support Them On Thursday, January 17, the new HIPAA Omnibus Rules were announced, requiring health care organizations to update their compliance programs, and making sweeping changes …
Business Associates, the HIPAA Enforcement Clock is Ticking! On March 23, the new HIPAA Omnibus Rules take effect, starting a 180-day count-down to compliance enforcement against Business Associates, including IT companies, EMR vendors, shredding companies, collection …
Trust but Verify: Don’t Get a False Sense of Security from your Business Associates Two recent highly publicized data breaches illustrate the need for HIPAA Covered Entities to make sure their Business Associates (and other …
HIPAA Enforcer Previews 2013 Healthcare Organizations Should Expect More and Larger HIPAA Penalties Leon Rodriguez, Director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR,) said his office has an “inventory” of …
Idaho Hospice Pays $50,000 for Losing Fewer Than 500 Patient Records January 2, 2013 -- Today the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced that it had accepted a $ …
HIPAA Enforcer Previews 2013 Leon Rodriguez, Director of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR,) said his office has an "inventory" of ongoing investigations that he expects will conclude with monetary …
The 90-day reporting period for EHR Meaningful Use is winding down. The reporting period ends December 31, 2012, and Medicare Eligible Professionals have until February 28, 2013 to submit their attestation for payment. THIS MEANS …
No one thought that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would go after a small medical practice until a 5-doctor cardiac practice in Phoenix paid a $ 100,000 HIPAA penalty. Many were …