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There is an article over at HealthIT Security that discusses the new Department of Health and Human Services – HHS security risk assessment tool. The article interviews Alisa Chestler a shareholder in the Washington, D.C. office of Baker Donelson. Alisa shares many of the same thoughts I had when I reviewed the tool for the...
When it comes to complying with the HIPAA Security and Omnibus Rules, there is a lot of confusion as to what needs to be done. And if you look at the amount of work it can be overwhelming; security risk assessment, employee training, policies and procedures, business associates, breach notification, encryption, disaster recovery to name...
If anyone doubts that Meaningful Use (MU) audits are occurring, I would like a chance to change their mind. Yesterday 2 potential new clients contacted us with similar stories. Both had received letters from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) letting them know that they have been audited for Meaningful Use. One client...
Susan McAndrew, OCR deputy director for health information privacy, said in an interview with Information Security Media Group that the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will resume its HIPAA compliance audit program. The audit program should resume in the coming months. Hopefully in coming months you’ll see actual activity that will start up on the...
We have been writing about the permanent HIPAA audit program that will be put in place in 2014. Details of the program are starting to be released. The full text can be access by going to: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Public Comment Request Here are some of the highlights: Number of Organizations A...
Almost every business uses a multi-function copy machine that copies, scans, prints and possibly faxes information. What most people don’t realize is that many of these machines have hard drives that store all information that the machine has access to. Think of these machines as computers that store a digital record of every copy it...
Like many other people, you keep hearing about increased HIPAA enforcement and the increase in patient data breaches. And naturally you are starting to worry. But here is the problem, you are not sure what to do about HIPAA security or where to start. Privacy is much easier HIPAA privacy is much more intuitive. Only...
As we previously mentioned, we were busy in December, 2013 with practices rushing to get their Meaningful Use (MU) Risk Assessments completed by 12/31/2013. So here we are in 2014 and organizations need to be concerned about attesting for MU again. We are hoping to shed some more light onto MU Risk Assessments, ongoing MU...
HealthITSecurity.com has a very good article called What the HIPAA Omnibus Rule meant for healthcare in 2013 They give a good overview of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule and its impact. What I found even more interesting is some of the comments by OCR regarding their plans for 2014. It gives clear insight into the permanent...
This post is updated with an official company statement below Adult & Pediatric Dermatology of Concord, MA has agreed to pay a $150,000 HIPAA fine as a result of a HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigation. The 12 physician practice was investigated by OCR after they reported a loss of an unencrypted thumb drive...
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