Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022 – What’s In It?
In March of 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022. The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022 wears many hats. The law reauthorizes the Anti-Violence [...]
HHS Warns of Increases in Insider Data Breaches
In April of 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’ Office of Information Security issued a 27-page publication, entitled “Insider Threats in Healthcare.” The publication [...]
HHS Seeks Public Input on How to Implement Cybersecurity Best Practices Bill
In January of 2021, HR 7898, nicknamed the Cybersecurity Best Practices bill, was signed into law. Under this law, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [...]
OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter Offers Guidance Against Common Cyberattacks
Each quarter the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights issues a cybersecurity newsletter. The newsletter highlights cybersecurity trends affecting the healthcare industry. As [...]
2022 Security and Compliance Tips, Threats, and Trends
As 2022 unfolds, the security and compliance threats to organizations and healthcare practices look a lot like a repeat of 2021: more ransomware threats, recycling old scams [...]
Should You Have a HIPAA Compliant Password Manager?
As technology makes our lives easier, it brings the challenge of remembering all the various usernames and passwords required to access our data. Many of us take [...]
New Website Aims to Align HHS Cybersecurity Guidance
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new website designed to align HHS cybersecurity guidance across the healthcare spectrum and facilitate the exchange of best practices [...]
HIPAA Compliance Helps Prevent Small Practice Cybercrime
Most security experts agree that it is no longer a question of if cybercriminals will target your practice, but when. Hacking, phishing attacks, and ransomware can effectively [...]
No HIPAA Incident Response Plan is Planned Failure
Nearly Half of Healthcare Orgs Have No HIPAA Incident Response Plan for Cyberattacks Despite the growing threat of cyberattacks such as phishing, hacking, [...]
Log4j Hacks Threaten Medical Device Security
A cybersecurity flaw responsible for widespread disruptions of applications and web services has the potential to adversely affect medical device security around the world. How the Log4j Hacks Threaten [...]
