HIPAA violations and how to avoid them
The OCR recently announced a few HIPAA violations that resulted in large fines. We go over each case in detail and point out key learnings.
Regulations
HIPAA regulations set the standard for sensitive patient data protection.
The History of HIPAA: Everything you need to know
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPAA, was established on August 21, 1996. HIPAA was created to promote the portability and accountability of health insurance coverage.
I have experienced a breach, now what?
What should I do? Navigating the world of HIPAA can be difficult; and in the event of discovering a breach, many are unsure of how to proceed. According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), “a breach is an impermissible use or disclosure of protected health …
Top HIPAA compliance pitfalls to avoid
To help organizations wade through the complexities of HIPAA and completing a security risk analysis, we wanted to walk through a few common HIPAA pitfalls and how to avoid them.
A balance of trust: new guidelines for business associates under HIPAA
As a covered entity, it is important to partner with business associates that have a strong security posture with safeguards and controls in place to prevent HIPAA violations and fines.
Am I a business associate under HIPAA? Why should I care?
Back in 2013, when Edward Snowden was in Hong Kong revealing he leaked documents detailing mass-surveillance programs by the U.S. government, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was creating the Final Omnibus Rule. This rule extended its regulatory reach beyond covered entities (e.g. healthcare providers, health plans, and clearinghouses) to business associates who …
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State Departments Conducting Audits?!?
In recent years, healthcare audits have been a trending topic within the compliance world. Following the Phase II launch of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Audit Protocol in March 2016, many members of the healthcare community equate audits with either the federal government or other large accounting firms such as Figliozzi & Company. …
Healthcare Continues to Dominate Breach Related Costs
A new study conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of IBM Security confirmed the fears of so many healthcare information security professionals, no other personal information yields a higher value than compromised patient records. Across the country, healthcare organizations have a Goliath size security problem. For an eight-straight year, healthcare has the highest breach-related …
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GDPR and Windows 10 Compliance
This is the second post in a 2-part series on GDPR. Guest post written in collaboration with Microsoft. On April 14, 2016, the European Union (EU) ratified the final version of the General Data Protection Regulation aka GDPR. The new GDPR regulation has been characterized as the most sweeping and impactful change to privacy and …
GDPR and the Impact on U.S. Healthcare Providers
A new acronym has begun popping up within the healthcare technology community and is slowly beginning to gain momentum in the way of media coverage and industry articles. If you’ve heard the term GDPR in the past few months and did not understand what it was referring to, know that you’re not alone. In fact, we conducted a recent webinar …
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