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OCR to Healthcare Providers: “Do We Have Your Attention?”

by | May 16, 2014 | Business Associate, Compliance, Current IT Security Events, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA HITECH, HIPAA Penalty, IT Security Breach, OCR, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Assessment, Security Breach, Security Breaches

If the $1.7 Million penalty announced recently by OCR didn’t get your attention, how does $4.8 Million sound? In the Department of Health and Human Services’ greatest fine levied to date, two partner healthcare organizations settled with an agreement to pay what, at...

Severe HIPAA Penalty Serves as a Warning

by | Apr 25, 2014 | Business Associate, Compliance, Current IT Security Events, Cyber Security, HIPAA, HIPAA Business Associate, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA HITECH, HiTech, IT News You Can Use, IT Security, IT Security Breach, Security Breach

The Department  of Health and Human Services released news last week that a HIPAA Covered Entity health care provider has incurred a $1.7M fine as the result of just one unencrypted laptop that went missing from one of their satellite facilities. This penalty was more...

Are You Ready for Your HIPAA Compliance Audit?

by | Apr 24, 2014 | Business Associate, Compliance, Covered Entity, Free Compliance Tools, Healthcare Information, HIPAA, HIPAA Audit, HIPAA Business Associate, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA HITECH, IT Security, Risk Assessment

Should You Wait for HHS to Come Calling? In February, Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) announced the return of the HIPAA audit program conducted in 2012. We see more details emerging about their focus in the upcoming round of audits...

Heartbleed Bug Threatens Internet Security and Compliance

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Business Associate, Compliance, Current IT Security Events, Cyber Attack, Cyber Security, Heartbleed, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA HITECH, IT News You Can Use, IT Security, IT Security Breach, Security Breaches, Uncategorized

Heart Stopping News of Compliance Threat Requires Your Attention In the course of the last week, a critical vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used OpenSSL encryption software. Dubbed Heartbleed because it intercepts data from heartbeat requests in the...

HIPAA Business Associates: How to Evaluate Who’s Who

by | Oct 21, 2013 | Business Associate, Free Compliance Tools, HIPAA, HIPAA Business Associate, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA HITECH, IT News You Can Use, Regulatory Compliance

On September 23rd, 2013 the HIPAA OMNIBUS Rule went into full effect assigning further responsibility for the safety and security of PHI, ePHI, PII and ePII and reaching further than ever before.  Being identified as a Business Associate (BA), or having to identify...