Feb 15, 2016 | Breach, HIPAA Fine, HSN, Phishing, Security Training
A hospital in Hollywood, CA has been a victim of a ransomware attack that has left computers unusable for over a week. According to a ZDNet article: the Southern California hospital has been left unable to practice its usual day-to-day operations. The hospital’s...
Feb 12, 2016 | Breach, HSN
NBC News had a special report on medical record theft. Medical record fraud is up over 11,000% last year and 1 in 3 Americans have been a victim. When your clients see this, be prepared to answer the question: What are you doing to protect my medical records? Watch...
Jan 19, 2016 | HSN, Meaningful Use
Last week, Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), spoke at a health care conference. The text of his speech can be found here. His remarks touched on many subjects including Meaningful Use. The MU program is...
Jan 11, 2016 | HSN, Policies and Procedures
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued guidance regarding an Individual’s Right under HIPAA to Access their Health Information. The link should be bookmarked by all organizations as a reference for future guidance, questions and answers:...
Jan 4, 2016 | HSN, Policies and Procedures
CMS announced in a blog post that HHS has modified HIPAA to strengthen the firearm background check system. Today the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved forward on commitments made by President Obama to curb gun violence across the nation....
Dec 22, 2015 | Breach, HIPAA Fine, HSN, Risk Assessment
At the end of the year all kinds of publications and organizations publish yearly summaries to review the events of the past 12 months. Much of the time this can be positive publicity for a celebrity, firm, organization or industry. In this case, for healthcare, it...
