Healthcare Compliance Resources
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46K Exposed in Veterans Affairs Breach
An online application handling medical payments for the Department of Veterans Affairs was breached, potentially exposing the personal information of 46,000 members. More details on the Veterans Affairs breach are discussed below. [...]
Vishing Attack Targets Spectrum Health Patients
Beware. Hackers have graduated to using vishing attacks to target patients. Vishing attacks occur when hackers call patients disguising themselves as a trusted entity, such as a healthcare organization, prompting patients [...]
2.2 Million Patients Affected by August Healthcare Breaches
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) publicly posts breaches affecting 500 or more patients on their online breach portal known colloquially as the “wall of shame.” In [...]
OCR Settles Five Privacy Rule Violations
In September of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it settled HIPAA Privacy Rule right of access violations with five separate healthcare entities. [...]
When Can You Disclose PHI Without Authorization? Refusal to Disclose COVID Data Results in Nurse Firing
A nurse at Clinton County Health Department claims she was recently fired for refusing to disclose the names and addresses of patients that had tested positive for COVID to the [...]
OCR Issues Guidance for Mobile Health App Developers
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights recently issued guidance on when HIPAA applies to health information that a patient creates, manages, or organizes through the use [...]
