The HIPAA Administrative Simplification; Notification in the Case of Breach Final Rule (Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 0991-AB56) has been at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) since May
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) regularly updates its Web site listing of breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. As of July 2, 2010, there were 107 breaches listed that
As of the July 4th holiday weekend, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has updated again its Web site listing of breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. As of July
As of Friday, June 4, 2010, 93 breaches affecting 500 or more individuals have been reported on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Web site. The total number affected has
Health Data Management reported in its April 29, 2010, online HDM Daily that "[a] former researcher at the UCLA School of Medicine has been sentenced to four months in
On Monday, February 22, 2010, the federal government, through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), began enforcing the Breach Notification Rule
Three new HIPAA/HITECH Act rules go into effect this month:
Two weeks from today, on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, Business Associates of Covered Entities must comply with the HIPAA
From now through November, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach
The first part of the HITECH Act is called "Improved Privacy Provisions and Security Provisions". Section 13402 is the section that starts the discussion of privacy and security
As the healthcare industry continues to digest profound HITECH changes to HIPAA Privacy and Security rules, two observations already are apparent and indisputable for covered entities and their business associates.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, has issued the Interim Final Rule for Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information. The Interim Final Rule was
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, this is the second of two implementation specifications for the Technical Safeguard Standard, Transmission Security. This implementation specification is addressable.
