4 HIPAA Data Security Best Practices You Need to Know
While the general public may not fully understand what HIPAA does and doesn’t do, you must understand your responsibilities under this federal law and the severe consequences [...]
Healthcare Groups Push Back on Proposal to Modify HIPAA Privacy Rule
In January of 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule. HHS has proposed to [...]
Remote Workers and HIPAA: How You Can Keep Your Healthcare Business Secure
With more and more remote workers in the healthcare space, PHI security should be a top concern. A recent survey determined that 44% of employees are currently working from [...]
Vaccine Privacy Violations Under Investigation
Philly Fighting COVID, a private startup company tasked with vaccine distribution for the city, is under investigation. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has ceased their relationship with the [...]
2020 Right of Access Enforcement
2020 has been an unenviable year of firsts and of worsts. Add to this another undesirable record-breaker. In 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for [...]
HIPAA and COVID Contact Tracing
In an effort to stave off the spread of COVID, the Trump administration is proposing changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. More details on HIPAA and COVID contact tracing [...]
Does HIPAA Prohibit the Sharing of President Trump’s Health Information?
In light of President Trump's positive COVID diagnosis, a lot of people are wondering if it is permitted to share his health information with the public. Generally [...]
September OCR Fines Reach $10.7 Million
The OCR seems to be on a fines spree, with a record number of fines issued in September. There were eight September OCR fines issued, amounting to $10,736,500. More [...]
Insider Breach Affects 700 Patients
On June 3, 2020, Geisinger was notified by an employee that a Geisinger Clinic employee was accessing patient records without the need to do so. The employee [...]
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 [...]
