HIPAA Final Rule: Enforcement–Factors for Determining Civil Money Penalties for HIPAA Violations
February 25, 2013. Today, we examine factors considered in determining the amount of a civil money penalty for a HIPAA...
HIPAA Final Rule: Business Associate Definition
February 7, 2013. Today, we provide the business associate definition, as modified by the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA...
Final HIPAA Rule: Security Statutory Authority and Direct Regulation of Business Associates
February 4, 2013. Today, we cover the security safeguards of the HIPAA Security Rule, as Modified by the Final Rule:...
HIPAA Final Rule: More on Breach Notification Rule Changes
January 31, 2013. Today, we briefly identify key changes or reminders regarding breach notification in the preamble of the Final...
HIPAA Final Rule: Breach Notification Guidance Safe Harbor
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”
January 29, 2013. Today, we cover the four risk assessment factors pertaining to breach notification in the Modifications to the...
Final HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Enforcement, Breach Notification Rules Published in Federal Register January 25, 2013.
January 25, 2013. The Final Rule is published, at last! Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification...
OCR of HHS FINALLY Issues HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Modifications Final Rule
January 18, 2013. On January 16, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed its EO 12866 regulatory review...
ONC Touts its 10 Step Plan for Meeting Meaningful Use Privacy and Security Attestation Requirements
In a recent Tweet, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) stated: “Move into the 21st Century...
Five HIPAA Compliance Activities Your Organization Must Undertake
HIPAA Administrative Simplification was enacted on August 21, 1996 as Subtitle F of Title II of Public Law 104-191. The so-called...