“It happened to me, and it could happen to you.” This lyric from the 60’s Supremes song, “The Happening” would be good to keep in mind when you read the story about a major hospital being hit by ransomware, the hacker attack that locks you out of your own data until you pay them an […]
Try this. Set up a Google News Alert for the keywords “Security Breach” and count the number of incidents that reach your email inbox every day. Had you done this on May 15, you would have read about 400 breaches by now. Protecting patient health information is serious business; failing to fulfill HIPAA obligations […]
Again, thanks to everyone who participated in the Home Care Technology Report HIPAA Compliance Survey we ran from February 23 through March 26. The purpose of the survey was to gather information in a manner that would allow us to compare it to the Ponemon Institute Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and […]
Which of these three causes more HIPAA breaches than the others? Lost or stolen mobile devices, third party privacy or security errors, or intentional or unintentional employee violations? The answers may surprise you. This article discussed these causes of HIPAA breaches based on responses from readers of this e-newsletter, to the Home Care Technology […]
The Final HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, Enforcement, and GINA “Omnibus” Rule was released from OMB to the Federal Register late on the afternoon of January 17 and published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 25. The 563-page rule becomes effective (and publishable in the Code of Federal Regulations) on Tuesday, March 26, […]
The Final HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, Enforcement, and GINA “Omnibus” Rule was released from OMB to the Federal Register late on the afternoon of January 17 and published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 25. The 563-page rule becomes effective (and publishable in the Code of Federal Regulations) on Tuesday, March […]
by Elizabeth Hogue, Esq. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued final rules to: Modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules to implement statutory amendments under the Health Information Technology Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) to strengthen the privacy and security protection […]
By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued final rules to: Modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules to implement statutory amendments under the Health Information Technology Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) to strengthen the privacy and security […]
The author provides a personalized letter to his subscribers and readers in which he sends good wishes for 2013 and a heartfelt reminder to: “Never forget that the career you have chosen contributes to the entire nation’s well-being. ” And for this feat, he urges each of them to: “Take a moment to pat […]
Saying it wanted to give customers sufficient time to meet the October, 2014 transition to ICD-10, First Databank announced Monday the availability of the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases code set ICD-10-CM (clinical modification) and ICD-10-PCS (procedure coding system) within FDB MedKnowledge™, the company’s proprietary clinical drug knowledge database. Details about how […]
