Research Institute Fined $3.9 Million for HIPAA Violations After Laptop Theft
A New York biomedical research institute will pay $3.9 million to settle potential HIPAA violations, making this one of the largest fines ever levied in the [...]
February 29 Deadline for Reporting HIPAA Breaches 2015: What You Need to Know
The deadline for reporting HIPAA breaches is 60 days from the end of the calendar year for Covered Entities (CEs) that have had breaches in unsecured protected health information [...]
HIPAA Breach Did You Know: Infographic
Infographic authored by Compliancy Group, The Compliancy Group. To view the original post, click here. For permission to use this on your site just copy and paste the code below! [...]
Webinar: Business Associates and the Omnibus Rule
Join us for "Business Associates and the Omnibus rule" presented by Frank Ruelas. Following the release of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, business associates are now in a position of greater [...]
HHS/Office for Civil Rights to Ask for an Additional 1 Million Dollars for HIPAA Enforcement
Although some 3.5 million was collected from 2012 HIPAA fines, and OCR expects that to rise to 5.5 million in 2014 and 6.5 in 2015, OCR is requesting additional funds [...]
Is this a reprieve or a wake-up call?
This all depends on where you are with your HIPAA compliance plan and the necessity to have on in place. This article, taken from an interview with Leon Rodriguez from [...]
Omnibus Final HIPAA Rule Nears Publication
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has sent the HIPAA omnibus final rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review, one of the last steps before publication in [...]
BIG FINE, small breach.
Another large HIPAA fine has been issued by the HHS due to an OCR investigation that took place over the theft of an unencrypted laptop. Massachusetts Eye and Ear was [...]
HHS Shares the Results of the New Audit Plan
Senior Advisor, Health Information Privacy at DHHS Linda Sanches released the summary of the 2012 HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits that yield some very informative and helpful information. The [...]
“No Practice is Too Small” Fines Levied from HHS
Everyone is in play when it comes to OCR and HHS for compliance. I have heard everything from we are not important enough to "they will never reach us." [...]
