eClinicalWorks Hit With $155M Settlement for False Claims
EHR HIPAA compliance is a growing concern in the healthcare industry, especially in the aftermath of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent settlement after the [...]
EHR HIPAA compliance is a growing concern in the healthcare industry, especially in the aftermath of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent settlement after the [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has levied a $387,200 HIPAA settlement against St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center for unlawful disclosure of patient data. [...]
Jerry Godwin of OMS The optometric healthcare market is primed for tremendous growth. At least, that's what Jerry Godwin of Optometric Medical Solutions has to say. Optometric Medical [...]
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Director Roger Severino made major suggestions into upcoming 2017 HIPAA enforcement in his opening talk at Health Datapalooza 2017. Severino is [...]
More Fines Ahead for HIPAA Business Associates As HIPAA business associates (BAs), managed service providers (MSPs) doing work in the healthcare space are at risk of increased enforcement efforts [...]
The March 1st HIPAA breach report deadline is fast approaching. HIPAA regulation mandates that healthcare providers must report breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) to [...]
The threat of a HIPAA investigation is only one of the exposures that EHR vendors face when it comes to the implementation of privacy and security standards. One of [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued two HIPAA fines totaling $5.4 million. In both cases, OCR investigations revealed widespread violations [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its first settlement for violating the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule with Presence Health for $475,000. [...]
The Atlanta, Georgia-based Peachtree Orthopedics reported that the records of over half a million patients were compromised in a cyberattack in September of 2016. The firm first notified patients [...]