HIPAA Needs to Keep Up With Information Technology
Core provisions of the HIPAA legislation have largely remained unchanged since their inception despite rapid evolution of technology to keep protected health information from hackers.
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HIPAA Changes Guidance Rules to Help Tackle COVID-19 Pandemic
The goal is to help public health departments collect information vital to their efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Proposed HIPAA Changes Promise to Improve Health Care Delivery
The Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Health and Human Services announced proposed changes to strengthen patients’ rights to access their own health information, improve care coordination, and reduce regulatory burdens.
Address Possible Security Lapses as Your Practice Returns to Normal
To accommodate patients remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, practices may have expanded personnel access to protected health information and relied on devices that might be vulnerable to cyber attacks.
Cybersecurity Lessons and Trends to Review for the New Year
Use staff meetings or emails to keep current issues like phishing or social engineering in front of employees.
Preventing Phishing Attacks
Organizations can take steps to reduce the likelihood that employees will inadvertently click on a malicious link.
Do You Really Have a Handle on Your PHI Data?
Health care organizations must determine where protective health information (PHI) is held and where those systems are vulnerable to breaches.
Timely Responses to Information Breaches Imperative
A quick, efficient response to a PHI breach can sometimes mean the difference between OCR pursuing a settlement or closing the HIPAA case.
Don’t Forget About State Laws on HIPAA Breaches
More and more states have enacted laws calling for stricter breach-reporting requirements than HIPAA
Threat Analyses, Security Gap Remediation Key to HIPAA Compliance
In a recent press release, the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it concluded 2018 with a record of $28.7 million from the settlement of 10 cases and the winning of a judgment in another regarding HIPAA compliance violations. The amount was 22% greater than its previous high of $23.5 million in 2016. These…
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