HIPAA Breach: Who You Gonna Call?
Everyone knows that you call a plumber for a leaking pipe, a mason for a cracked stonewall, and an electrician...
Final Rule: Modified Definition of Breach
January 28, 2013. Today, we want to explore the modified definition of breach in the Final HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security,...
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...
CMS and ONC Publish Final Rules for Meaningful Use Stage 2 Security in Federal Register
September 4, 2012. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) entities: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and...
OCR’s Publicly Disclosed Large Breaches Now Top 20 Million Impacted Individuals
May 16, 2012. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) HIPAA/HITECH Act privacy and security enforcement arm, Office for...
OCR Penalizes Physician Practice for HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule Violations
April 18, 2012. Late last week, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services...
CMS Publishes Stage 2 Meaningful Use Incentive Program NPRM
On March 7, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register its 132-page notice...
HITECH Act Breached Individuals Skyrocket in Latest OCR Web Site Posting
Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), enacted as part of the American Recovery...
HITECH Act Privacy and Security Final Rules Needed Now
Since September 23, 2009, the enforcement arm of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil...
Over 10 Million Individuals Now Affected by Large Data Breaches, as Reported on OCR Web site
Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), enacted as part of the American Recovery...