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