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.
Hipaa Compliance
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…
How Small Breaches Can Cost Millions
Health care providers are neglecting some basic precautions and thereby allowing breaches of protected health information.
