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 14, 2016 | Audits & Violations, Breach, HIPAA Fine, HSN
NBC news in New York is reporting that medical records from Mount Sinai Beth Israel Senior Health Center were found un-shredded in a public trash container. The documents were apparently discarded from the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Senior Health Center in Chelsea. NBC 4...
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 | Breach, HIPAA Fine, HSN
Art Gross, the President and CEO of HIPAA Secure Now!, contributes to the NJTV News story on the dangers or ransomware. Watch the full story below (Click on image to start video) The post HSN President and CEO contributes to NJTV story on ransomware appeared first on...
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,...
Feb 19, 2016 | Breach, HIPAA Fine, HSN, Policies and Procedures, Security Training
Quite often we hear about data breaches, but we don’t always hear about the consequences. On February 17, Memphis, TN media sources ran articles about a man who was indicted on felony fraud charges. According to a Commercial Appeal newspaper article: “Jeremy Jones...
