Rodriguez’s Thoughts & Guidance on HIPAA Enforcement
In the keynote presentation at the HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum in Boston on 23rd September, the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Leon Rodriguez addressed the areas of focus for the...
View ArticleLatest HIPAA Breach Brings Bad News to 169k Individuals
Yet another breach incident puts health information of 168,500 individuals at risk. According to a public notice, Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, a third-party billing vendor reported theft of several...
View ArticleSurviving OCR Breach Investigations & Audits with Tips from HIPAA Expert
With the OCR ramping up enforcement activities, and issuing a number of HIPAA compliance settlements, it has become imperative for healthcare entities to act swiftly, and meet all the requirements to...
View ArticleWhopping HIPAA Fines in the Offing – Stay Prepared
Did you always think compliance with HIPAA was cumbersome and expensive? Think again! Its non-compliance that can cause you twice the trouble! The Office for Civil Rights has been doling out fines to...
View ArticleImagine leaving boxes full of medical records on the drive way! It happened...
In spite of the continued emphasis on the need for protecting Patient Health Information (PHI), there are still few healthcare enterprises who take things for granted! The latest Parkview Health System...
View ArticleData Breach Incidents Rising!! This Time it’s the Information of 1.3 Million...
The healthcare information breach tally continues to rises steadily despite security regulations and associated legal action. And the latest data breach to grab the headlines is the Montana Breach,...
View ArticleHealth Breach Tally Hits a New Milestone
A thousand incidents and counting, the federal health breach tally hits an all-time high, now listing 1,010 major breaches reported since federal regulators started to track them in September 2009...
View ArticleCommunity Health Systems to Pay Huge Price for Breach
Data breaches can cost healthcare entities a great deal. Proof to this is The Community Health Systems breach incident that exposed 4.5 million patients’ data in 29 states. According to a calculation...
View ArticleDon’t let ePHI make your business another Connecticut case of HIPAA Negligence
Technological growth has empowered today’s healthcare industry with a number of software applications and IT infrastructure which enables them to communicate, store and process patient health...
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