HIPAA-related lawsuits came to the attention of Alexander Wolff when a fellow attorney called him with a case a few years ago. The plaintiff was a woman and friend of a man who was dating a nurse. The nurse, who worked at a hospital where the plaintiff received healthcare, was suspicious that the plaintiff and…
Use staff meetings or emails to keep current issues like phishing or social engineering in front of employees.
To shed light on issues of cybersecurity in medical practices, MPR spoke to Michael J Sacopulos, JD, CEO of Medical Risk Institute (MRI), a firm that provides “proactive counsel” to the healthcare community to identify where liability risks originate and to reduce or remove those risks.
The federal Office for Civil Rights fined Sentara Hospitals nearly $2.2 million for mailing protected health information to wrong addresses.
New study finds that steps taken to beef up security in response to a breach has the potential to slow down delivery of clinical services.
Among medical practices, there is widespread noncompliance with HIPAA’s right of access rule.
To make the best use of the money they have to spend, practices need to perform a risk analysis.
Health care organizations must determine where protective health information (PHI) is held and where those systems are vulnerable to breaches.
A quick, efficient response to a PHI breach can sometimes mean the difference between OCR pursuing a settlement or closing the HIPAA case.
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…
