HIPAA Final Rule: Modified Rule for Business Associates and Subcontractors
February 6, 2013. Today, we cover the business associate Administrative Safeguard (b) of the Security Rule, as modified by the...
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...
ONC Touts its 10 Step Plan for Meeting Meaningful Use Privacy and Security Attestation Requirements
Dec 4, 2012
In a recent Tweet, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) stated: “Move into the 21st Century...
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OCR Issues Draft Guidance on Security Risk Analysis
May 12, 2010
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued on May 7, 2010,...
Three Key Properties of HIPAA Privacy and Security of Protected Health Information
Sep 11, 2009
HIPAA.com has received from its readers requests for information on topics related to HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy and Security Rules...
Transmission Security Encryption: What to Do and How to Do It
Jul 14, 2009
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, this is the second of two implementation specifications for the...
Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange: Key Meaningful Use 2011 Objective Recommendation
Jun 24, 2009
On December 15, 2008, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the U.S. Department of Health...
Integrity: What This HIPAA Security Rule Technical Safeguard Standard Means
Jun 11, 2009
This is the third Technical Safeguard Standard of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule. It has one implementation specification: mechanism...
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...