Treating PHI as a Business Asset – OCR’s HIPAA Compliance Insights
Patient Health Information (PHI) is as important an asset as any other. Healthcare providers and business associates therefore have to ensure that they protect patient records as they would protect any...
View ArticleSmall Breach but Big Price for HIPAA Violation
While there has been continued emphasis on the need for conducting risk analysis and encrypting data, there are still many providers who are yet to take these calls for action seriously. Here’s another...
View ArticleLatest HIPAA Breach Brings Bad News to 169k Individuals
Yet another breach incident puts health information of 168,500 individuals at risk. According to a public notice, Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, a third-party billing vendor reported theft of several...
View ArticleCounty Government Makes Monetary Settlement for HIPAA Violation
Skagit County, Washington has agreed to a monetary settlement of $215,000 for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy, Security and...
View ArticleSurviving OCR Breach Investigations & Audits with Tips from HIPAA Expert
With the OCR ramping up enforcement activities, and issuing a number of HIPAA compliance settlements, it has become imperative for healthcare entities to act swiftly, and meet all the requirements to...
View ArticleWhopping HIPAA Fines in the Offing – Stay Prepared
Did you always think compliance with HIPAA was cumbersome and expensive? Think again! Its non-compliance that can cause you twice the trouble! The Office for Civil Rights has been doling out fines to...
View ArticleIntelligent Vendor Management Programs – Vital to Ward off Breaches
No organization can afford to take the risk of inadequate data protection, particularly when it is business associates dealing with sensitive patient information. Under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, business...
View ArticleImagine leaving boxes full of medical records on the drive way! It happened...
In spite of the continued emphasis on the need for protecting Patient Health Information (PHI), there are still few healthcare enterprises who take things for granted! The latest Parkview Health System...
View ArticleData Breach Incidents Rising!! This Time it’s the Information of 1.3 Million...
The healthcare information breach tally continues to rises steadily despite security regulations and associated legal action. And the latest data breach to grab the headlines is the Montana Breach,...
View ArticleFinal HIPAA Omnibus Compliance Deadline Just Around the Corner – Time for...
With HIPAA Omnibus rule compliance deadline around the corner, it’s time to accelerate compliance measures and ensure that there is no scope for any breach. Reviewing contracts with business associates...
View ArticleSignificance of Documentation in HIPAA Audits
Adhering to compliance policies such as HIPAA is essential for a new age medical company or healthcare provider. According to Tom Walsh, it is not wise for medical companies to procrastinate about...
View ArticleShellshock – New Vulnerability that Healthcare Sector must address now
As the federal tally of major breaches increased to a total of 1074 incidents affecting 33.7 million individuals since 2009, there are more such incidents added to the list every day. Health care...
View ArticleUnderstanding Meaningful-Use Audits and ways to withstand it
As the healthcare industry moved from being paper based to technology dependent, it did so in various areas and created silos of information that was difficult to communicate across offices of other...
View ArticleSmart ways to prepare for Possible ‘Meaningful Use’ Audits
Information Technology breakthroughs paved way for wide use of Information management systems in the healthcare sector, transforming the healthcare system for improved patient care and cost reduction....
View ArticleA disruption-free Medical Practice in a BA dependent industry
Medical information of any individual includes unique identifiers, demographic data, medical conditions, health care provider’s details, billing information as well as immediate family members’ details...
View ArticleSecure Steps to Avoid Unsecure Folders and Big Breaches
Yet another major data breach by leaving a folder unsecured in the infinitely connected networked world. The recent federal healthcare data breach tally reported a data breach that affected more than...
View ArticleHow to avoid Data breaches such as those faced by Home Depot Inc
The aggressively competitive environment and customer demands challenges business world to adopt every new technology to be in tune with the changing technology scenario. However, simply adopting new...
View ArticleDon’t let ePHI make your business another Connecticut case of HIPAA Negligence
Technological growth has empowered today’s health care industry with a number of software applications and IT infrastructure which enables them to communicate, store and process patient health...
View ArticleDon’t let ePHI make your business another Connecticut case of HIPAA Negligence
Technological growth has empowered today’s healthcare industry with a number of software applications and IT infrastructure which enables them to communicate, store and process patient health...
View ArticleUnderstanding HIPAA Ruling and its Impact on Breaches
The Connecticut case of Emily Byrne vs. Avery Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology may be a trend-setter where healthcare providers and business associates could be at legal risk by failing to follow...
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