As the value of healthcare data remains high, there is no denying that healthcare organizations make prime targets for cybercriminals. To wreak havoc and make a profit from compromised patient data, cybercriminals exploit weak spots in healthcare organizations, whether that be a loophole in the security of the server, poorly trained employees, or a variety...
On September 20, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced a fine of $999,000 for three Boston hospitals, all of which violated HIPAA while allowing ABC’s TV series “Boston Med” to film the show in their facilities. Boston Medical Center (BMC), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and Massachusetts General Hospital...
As we move into the second half of the year, many practices and physicians are starting to consider the data they will need to submit under the MACRA/MIPS program. The MACRA/MIPS rules change slightly every year, and this year is no exception. Even though the rules have been adjusted, a basic requirement remains in place: ...
Despite reports that the healthcare sector is seeing fewer ransomware attacks this year than years prior, that doesn’t mean they don’t still exist. Unfortunately, for Missouri-based Blue Springs Family Care, that lesson was learned the hard way after suffering a breach of 44,979 patient records resulting from a ransomware attack. Cass-Regional Medical Center, also based...
Our healthcare data holds a multitude of sensitive information regarding our personal lives. That information could include our full name, date of birth, home address, health history, diagnoses, and test results to name a few pieces of information. While we know the data contained in our healthcare records is quite extensive, less than half of...
The end may now be in sight for a four-year-long legal battle for individuals affected by a 2014 healthcare data breach. While the settlement has not yet received final court approval, the tentative settlement of the class-action lawsuit could provide more than 1,200 affected individuals of the 2014 Flowers Hospital data breach up to $150,000...
Matthew Fisher, ESQ and Jonathan Krasner Healthcare represents a very large segment of our economy – approaching 20% by some estimates. As such, healthcare organizations come in many sizes and flavors. We are all, hopefully, familiar with the basics that HIPAA compliance requirements apply Covered Entities, Business Associates and subcontractors. A CE and a BA...
Deven McGraw, deputy director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has announced that the department’s plans for initiating onsite audits is currently on hold and will remain so until more than 200 desk audits have been completed. An article over on Data Breach Today gives us great detail on...
Tune in to Fox Business Network as sponsored programming and Bloomberg International on Sunday, June 26, 2016. See market-by-market listings below. Los Angeles, CA – June 23, 2016 — Secure Now! President/CEO Art Gross will soon appear on the award-winning, global TV show, Worldwide Business with kathy ireland®. Gross will share his expertise in the small and mid-sized business...
Krasner brings 25 years of IT and seven years of Healthcare IT, HIPAA and Meaningful Use experience to HIPAA Secure Now! Morristown, NJ (PRWEB) June 04, 2015 HIPAA Secure Now!, a HIPAA compliance service provider, has named Jonathan Krasner to the position of Director of Business Development. Krasner was hired to expand the company’s MSP...
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