Despite the revamped federal HIPAA Omnibus Rule which holds covered entities and business associates more accountable for failing to adequately protect patients' health information, some groups ...
Some 5,100 patients treated at Kaiser Permanente were sent HIPAA breach notification letters Friday after a KP research computer was found to have been infected with malicious software. Officials say ...
In order to prevent HIPAA breaches, 81 percent of respondents report using HIPAA compliant software. Of survey respondents, 77 percent reported conducting regular staff training and 42 percent said ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has reached a settlement with Comstar, LLC, a Massachusetts-based billing and collection company ...
The following is written by Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, founder and CEO of QSE Technologies. A recent report by HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance, www.hitrustalliance.net), a national ...
A dermatology practice in Massachusetts has agreed to a $150,000 settlement with HHS for not having procedures in place to fulfill HIPAA’s breach notification provisions. The HHS Office for Civil ...
County officials said a data breach affected 14,081 individuals, and notices are now going out. Officials said, "Hamilton County Government is a Covered Entity under HIPAA. Recently, its business ...
In the wake of two 2013 breaches that affected a total of 7,066 individuals, Oregon Health & Science University says it will pay $2.7 million in a HIPAA settlement with federal regulators that ...
HIPAA violations don't always come from malicious attacks or headline-making data breaches. More often, they stem from everyday mistakes, like misdirected emails and vendors that aren't as secure as ...
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