HIPAA Final Rule: Enforcement: Four Penalty Tiers
February 21, 2013. Today, we examine the four penalty tiers for violations of HIPAA Rules in the Final Rule: Modifications...
HIPAA Final Rule: Enforcement: Willful Neglect
Feb 20, 2013
February 20, 2013. Today, we begin examination of HITECH Act modifications of HIPAA Enforcement, focusing on the meaning and consequences...
HIPAA Final Rule: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Underwriting Prohibitions
Feb 18, 2013
February 18, 2013. Today, we examine underwriting prohibitions as they relate to modifications of the HIPAA Privacy Rule required under...
HIPAA Final Rule: Modification of Business Associate Definition, Parts (1) & (2)
Feb 8, 2013
February 8, 2013. Today, we examine (1) and (2)—the first two parts of four—of the business associate definition, as modified...
HIPAA Final Rule: Business Associate Definition
Feb 7, 2013
February 7, 2013. Today, we provide the business associate definition, as modified by the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA...
HIPAA Final Rule: Security Standards, General Rules & Administrative Safeguard Modifications
Feb 5, 2013
February 5, 2013. Today, we cover the modifications to Security Standards: General Rules, and Administrative Safeguards in the HIPAA Security...
Final HIPAA Rule: Security Statutory Authority and Direct Regulation of Business Associates
Feb 4, 2013
February 4, 2013. Today, we cover the security safeguards of the HIPAA Security Rule, as Modified by the Final Rule:...
HIPAA Final Rule: Business Associate Notification Timing, Policy and Procedure Updates, Retraining, and Documentation
Feb 1, 2013
February 1, 2013. Today, we wrap up discussion of breach notification in the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy,...
HIPAA Final Rule: Breach Notification Guidance Safe Harbor
Jan 30, 2013
January 30, 2013. Today, we look at the definition of unsecured protected health information and the Guidance Specifying the Technologies...
HIPAA Final Rule: Breach Risk Assessment Factors for “Probability Standard”
Jan 29, 2013
January 29, 2013. Today, we cover the four risk assessment factors pertaining to breach notification in the Modifications to the...