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Five HIPAA Compliance Activities Your Organization Must Undertake

Five HIPAA Compliance Activities Your Organization Must Undertake

Aug 23, 2012

HIPAA Administrative Simplification was enacted on August 21, 1996 as Subtitle F of Title II of Public Law 104-191. The so-called...

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...

OCR’s Publicly Disclosed Large Breaches Now Top 20 Million Impacted Individuals

May 16, 2012

May 16, 2012.  The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) HIPAA/HITECH Act privacy and security enforcement arm, Office for...

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...

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...

BCBST Pays $1.5 Million to HHS to Settle Potential HIPAA Privacy and Security Violations

Mar 15, 2012

On March 13, 2012, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) agreed to a payment of $1.5 million to the...

ONC Publishes Stage 2 EHR Technology Certification Criteria NPRM

Mar 9, 2012

On March 7, 2012, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the Department of Health...

CMS Publishes Stage 2 Meaningful Use Incentive Program NPRM

Mar 8, 2012

On March 7, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register its 132-page notice...

OCR Announces November 2011 Start of Privacy and Security Compliance Audits

Nov 9, 2011

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is responsible for privacy and security...

HITECH Act Breached Individuals Skyrocket in Latest OCR Web Site Posting

Nov 4, 2011

Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), enacted as part of the American Recovery...

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