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.
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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.
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…
OCR Probes HIPAA Impediments to Care Coordination
In addition to other input, the federal Office for Civil Rights wants to know how the privacy rule might be amended to encourage information sharing among providers.
The Threat From Within: Most Breaches Due to Employee Errors
A study found that more than half of information breaches at health care organizations were due to internal issues such as sending emails to the wrong recipient.
Health Information Breach Brings Record Settlement
Company fined $16 million in a case involving hackers who stole electronic health information from nearly 79 million people.
Massachusetts Physician Guilty in HIPAA Case
Although uncommon, criminal prosecutions under HIPAA still occur.
Failure to Encrypt Devices Leads to Huge Settlement
The case involving a major health care organization involved a laptop stolen from an employee’s home and 2 lost USB devices.
Good Incident Response Plans Are a Must
A systematic process is necessary to prove an incident involving medical records did not result in a breach.
Strategies for Measuring HIPAA Compliance Efforts
Providers need to know how to measure their effectiveness at HIPAA compliance.
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