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OCR’s Strict Enforcement of HIPAA Laws on Healthcare Organizations
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was designed to protect individuals' health information. The HIPAA Privacy Rule ensures the protection of “individually identifiable health information” kept by a covered entity [...]
700,000 Patients Affected by August Healthcare Breaches
August was another month that saw several large healthcare breaches. There were a total of 44 August healthcare breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for [...]
OCR Reaches First Settlement Ever Under Right of Access Initiative
Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an initiative. Under the initiative, OCR stated that a main area of HIPAA enforcement [...]
HIPAA Security Risk Analysis Step 5: Determining the Potential Impact of Threat Occurrence
The HIPAA Security Rule requires that covered entities (health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and healthcare providers who electronically transmit any health information in connection with a HIPAA related transaction), and business associates, implement security safeguards. [...]
3,259 Employees Affected by Healthcare Phishing Attack
East Central Indiana School Trust (ECIST) is the latest victim of a healthcare phishing attack. A phishing attack occurs when a hacker sends an email, posing as a trusted individual, prompting the recipient to [...]
What is MACRA?
MACRA, short for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, is a federal law that changed the payment system for doctors who treat Medicare patients. What is the MACRA [...]
