Healthcare Compliance Resources
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HIPAA Patient Privacy
One of the many misunderstandings in circulation about HIPAA is over how it protects - and when it does not protect - patient privacy. HIPAA patient privacy is regulated by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. [...]
Is FaceTime HIPAA Compliant?
As more healthcare providers are choosing to meet with patients virtually, it is important to determine whether or not the tools they are using are HIPAA compliant. A popular tool for video [...]
The CCPA HIPAA Exemption
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020. This law increases privacy protections for California residents. However, larger organizations, with more than $25 million in gross annual revenue or [...]
The HIPAA Timeline
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was passed on August 21, 1996, during the re-election campaign of President Bill Clinton. The law was the end-product of twin concerns of Congress as America entered [...]
January 2020 Healthcare Breaches Affect Almost 500,000 Patients
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reported 32 January healthcare breaches, affecting 462,856 patients. Of the reported incidents, there were 19 breaches due to hacking/IT incidents, 9 [...]
Criminal Investigation for Alleged HIPAA Violations
A former employee of ACM Global Laboratories, part of Rochester Regional Health, is being accused of continuously accessing a co-worker’s protected health information (PHI) without authorization. Kristina Ciaccia, the victim of [...]
