HIPAA Data Breach Harder to Deny With New Standard
HIPAA Data Breach Harder to Deny With New Standard (From my EMRapproved HIT Security weekly blog) Proof of harm no longer required for ...
Curing Common HIPAA and EHR Spelling Headaches
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 about—HIPPA instead of HIPAA. (I ...
New HIPAA Rules Affect Health Care Providers
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 to the way that many ...
Business Associates, the HIPAA Enforcement Clock is Ticking!
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 agencies, revenue cycle management vendors, ...
Don’t Get a False Sense of Security from your Business Associates
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 partners) are really protecting their ...
Expect More and Larger HIPAA Penalties
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 ongoing investigations that he expects ...
Idaho Hospice Pays $50,000 for Losing Patient Records
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 $ 50,000 resolution agreement with Hospice ...
HIPAA Enforcer Previews 2013
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 settlements. In an interview with Marianne ...
Need Help Meeting the Meaningful Use Risk Analysis Deadline?
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 YOU MUST CORRECT ALL DEFICIENCIES ...
HIPAA Enforcement TAKES OFF!
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 surprised when the Alaska Department ...