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OCR Publishes HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy and Security Compliance Audit Protocol

Jul 9, 2012

July 9, 2012.  Late in June, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services...

ONC Issues Meaningful Use Guide for Privacy & Security Attestation Compliance

May 9, 2012

May 9, 2012.  The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has issued a Guide to Privacy...

OCR Penalizes Physician Practice for HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule Violations

Apr 18, 2012

April 18, 2012.  Late last week, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services...

Finally, HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, Enforcement Final Rules at OMB

Mar 24, 2012

March 24, 2012.   Today, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in...

HITECH Act Privacy and Security Final Rules Needed Now

Oct 25, 2011

Since September 23, 2009, the enforcement arm of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil...

200 Breaches Impacting Almost 5.9 Million Individuals, with Theft and Loss of Laptops and PEDs Major Cause

Dec 6, 2010

December 2, 2010.M Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), enacted as part of...

Prison Time for Privacy Breach of PHI; OCR Breach List Continues to Grow; More Training Needed

Apr 30, 2010

Health Data Management  reported in its April 29, 2010, online HDM Daily that “[a] former researcher at the UCLA School...

HITECH and HIPAA Training: Time to Double Down

Nov 13, 2009

As the healthcare industry continues to digest profound HITECH changes to HIPAA Privacy and Security rules, two observations already are...

HHS Strengthens HIPAA Enforcement

Nov 3, 2009

On Friday, October 30, 2009, HHS published in the Federal Register its Interim Final Rule that strengthens HIPAA enforcement under...

Security Management Process: Risk Analysis-What to Do and How to Do It

Feb 13, 2009

Security Management Process is the first administrative standard of the Security Rule, and Risk Analysis is the implementation specification.  Each...

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