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In the January, 2017 edition of the OCR Cyber Newsletter (PDF), OCR gives guidance to what is required from Covered Entities and Business Associate regarding auditing / monitoring of access to PHI. Covered Entities and Business Associates should make sure that they appropriately review and secure audit trails, and they use the proper tools to...
Quite often we hear about data breaches, but we don’t always hear about the consequences. On February 17, Memphis, TN media sources ran articles about a man who was indicted on felony fraud charges. According to a Commercial Appeal newspaper article: “Jeremy Jones is charged in a scheme to steal the identities of more than...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued guidance regarding an Individual’s Right under HIPAA to Access their Health Information. The link should be bookmarked by all organizations as a reference for future guidance, questions and answers: http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/guidance/access/index.html Here is the introduction text from the guidance: Providing individuals with easy access to their...
CMS announced in a blog post that HHS has modified HIPAA to strengthen the firearm background check system. Today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved forward on commitments made by President Obama to curb gun violence across the nation. Specifically, we have modified the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy...
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act CFAA is not a very widely known piece of federal legislation but could help companies that have been victims of employee or ex-employee theft of digital information. According to an article over at Fox Rothschild LLP the CFAA can be used to help companies that have had employees or...
On September 2, 2015 The HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a press release announcing a $750,000 HIPAA settlement with Cancer Care Group, P.C. This large fine offers some very important lessons. Let’s take a closer look: Cancer Care Group is a mid-size practice. They have 18 physicians. It is important to note the...
Now that the 2015 HIPAA Audits have begun, organizations are reevaluating their HIPAA compliance posture. This is a good thing being that an organization will have very little time to respond to pre-audit and audit inquiries from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). On the other hand, some organizations are evaluating the risk of being...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has just released a valuable resource called: Guide to Privacy and Security of Electronic Health Information Here is a look at the information included in the guide: [framed_box bgColor=”#ffd390″] Understand a HIPAA / Meaningful Use Risk Assessment Organizations need to perform a Risk Assessment...
An article over at Physicians Practice gives some useful tips to avoid HIPAA fines. 1) Conduct or update your security risk assessment required by the security rules – A security risk assessment is the core of the HIPAA security rule 2) Implement the administrative, technical, and physical safeguards required by the HIPAA security rule –...
HIPAA Secure Now! Signs Agreement with the American Osteopathic Association, Provides Full Array of HIPAA Compliance Services to 100,000-Plus Members (PRWEB) October 21, 2014 HIPAA Secure Now! has forged a partnership with the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to help members become fully compliant with HIPAA rules for protecting electronic protected health information (ePHI). Members will...
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