HIPAA Penalty for Unpatched/Unsupported Software The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that enforces HIPAA announced a $ 150,000 penalty for a health clinic data breach that was caused by the lack of firewall protection combined …
How Your Friends Can Hurt You If a friend gives you Ebola does it matter that you like him? Does it matter that you like your vendors, if their ignorance or flaunting of HIPAA puts you …
In April the FBI issued an alert to health care organizations warning that they were not as secure as they think they are. The biggest vulnerability was the perception of IT health care professionals’ …
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has issued new guidance clarifying HIPAA and same-sex marriages as it relates to the disclosures of health information. Additional guidance is forthcoming as it relates to same-sex marriage …
New HIPAA On-Site & Business Associate Audits Early this year the Office for Civil Rights announced that it would be conducing approximately 400 remote “desk audits” of HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates. The agency …
5 Ways to Prevent Hidden Risks I recently visited a medical practice to conduct a Meaningful Use Security Risk Analysis. They told me their EHR patient records were being backed up offsite every 30 minutes …
Still, there are lessons to be learned even for small organizations Community Health Systems’ (CHS) recent data breach of 4.5 million patient records brings up several questions. All of these still need to be answered …
5 Myths & Facts every provider needs to know “I used HIPAA to establish the standard of care. Though it might seem a semantic distinction, it is actually quite important from a legal standpoint; I …
How a HIPAA Violation Became Malpractice 5 Myths & Facts Every Provider Needs to Know A 2013 $ 1.44 million malpractice verdict should get the attention of every doctor and hospital. In a suit against …
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 …