Ransomware and HIPAA Guidance: New Threats to Hospitals and Doctors
Ransomware and HIPAA: Over three months in 2016 five separate hospitals in the US and Canada were hit by a series of targeted ransomware attacks. The most serious of these [...]
The Audits Are Coming! The Audits Are Coming!
OCR Phase 2 Audits Have Begun As of March 22, 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has officially begun their Phase 2 [...]
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 [...]
OCR Settles for $5.5 Million in Business Associate Agreement Violation and PHI Breach
OCR Investigates North Memorial Health System of Minnesota and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research for Missing Laptop, Discovers Rampant Privacy and Security Violations for a combined $5.55 [...]
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 [...]
OCR Plans for Permanent HIPAA Enforcement Program Following Phase 2 Audits in 2016
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released two reports last week urging the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to [...]
Surviving a HIPAA Audit Infographic
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HIPAA Breach Did You Know: Infographic
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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 [...]
