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September 23, 2013, the official date that HIPAA Omnibus regulations are enforced. One of the results of the new HIPAA Omnibus Rule is that it has raised awareness of HIPAA regulations. Existing covered entities (hospitals, physicians, dentists, chiropractors) and business associates (IT companies, medical billing, law firms, etc.) are scurrying around in efforts to be...
Here is a secret that compliance experts have known for a long time: It is very difficult to be 100% compliant with HIPAA regulations Of course, you have probably seen claims like these: Buy our product and we will make you HIPAA compliant Compliance in a box! Be HIPAA compliant in 30 days! Snake oil...
Chicago based Advocate Medical Group announced that a burglary at their administrative office has resulted in a breach of 4 million patient records. Immediately after discovering that four computers were stolen, that same day, the Park Ridge Police Department was notified. AMG then launched an investigation and discovered that while the computers did not contain...
HIPAA Omnibus Rule Enforcement Countdown [framed_box bgColor=”#d5d5d5″ textColor=”#BC1310″ rounded=”true”] HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule enforcement begins on September 23, 2013 [fergcorp_cdt_single date=”09/23/2013″] Eastern Standard Time [/framed_box] Are you ready? (Click on the links below for more information) Covered Entities Have you performed a Risk Assessment? Have you provided HIPAA security training for all employees? Do you...
In the past you would need a truck to steal 10,000 patient’s charts. Now you can download a report out of an EHR and copy it to a thumb drive and stick it in your pocket. In an interesting article over at Business Insider called: The Biggest Threat To National Security Is The Thumb Drive,...
We had a discussion with a potential client today. We were explaining the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule. The client stopped us and said: I am a small provider practice. I never heard of HIPAA security. Are you sure I need to do this? No one ever mentioned this to me. Not my lawyer,...
Big HIPAA penalties and fines make great news headlines. Recently the managed care company WellPoint Inc. agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine to settle potential HIPAA violations. False sense of security Large fines make headlines and show that violating HIPAA regulations can be very expensive. Unfortunately it can have an opposite effect as well....
Mobile devices including laptops, tablets and smartphones are a growing threat to patient information. We wrote about how many organizations fail to realize how much protected health information (PHI) is on mobile devices. Ponemon Study In a very insightful study called The Risk of Regulated Data on Mobile Devices & in the Cloud, the risks...
HHS released a short video (under 2 minutes) in 2012 that briefly explains the HIPAA Security Rule. With the upcoming HIPAA Omnibus Rule enforcement and the expanded regulation to Business Associates, we thought we would post the video again. Note the push to implement encryption to protect patient records! HHS OCR – HIPAA Security Rule...
The one thing you can say is that there are no 3 strikes and you are out when it comes to HIPAA breaches. Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. recently suffered its 5th HIPAA breach since 2009. The most recent breach involved a stolen unencrypted laptop that contained 13,000 patient records. What makes this even...
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