Aug 11, 2016 | Breach, Business Associate, Business Associates, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
Almost all software programs have bugs in their code. The bugs may be security holes, problems displaying pages on mobile devices or inaccurately displaying results in reports to name a few. So it should be no shock that electronic health record (EHR) systems...
Jun 27, 2016 | Breach, Business Associate, HSN, Security Training
A recent article over at Becker’s Spine Review, discusses some of the “low hanging fruit of HIPAA compliance”. They give 8 best practices for being HIPAA compliant. For the article they interviewed David Holtzman, JD, CIPP, vice president of...
Mar 28, 2016 | Audit, Business Associate, HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN
Watch HSN CEO discuss the next round of HIPAA Audits The post HSN CEO on NJTV discussing the next phase of the HIPAA audits appeared first on HIPAA Secure Now!.
Mar 24, 2016 | Audit, Audits & Violations, Business Associate, HIPAA Fine, HSN
Background Although HIPAA is an important set of laws passed to protect the sensitive medical information handled by millions of covered entities and business associates, Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has never established a permanent...
Mar 10, 2016 | Breach, Business Associate, Business Associates, HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN, Phishing, ransomware, Security Training
A married couple — both doctors who shared a medical practice — almost divorced over a HIPAA breach that blindsided them when a patient called to say that her medical records appeared in a Google search and she was filing a lawsuit. The orthopedist of a small practice...
Feb 23, 2016 | Audits & Violations, Breach, Business Associate, Business Associates, HIPAA Fine, HSN
A story over at Gov Info Security details a recent HIPAA breach involving paper-based records that were dumped on a city street on the way to be disposed. “During transport, a small quantity of records were released on Fowler Street in Fort Myers,...
