by HIPAAgps | Nov 29, 2018 | HIPAA News
Allergy Associates of Hartford has agreed to settle a case of prohibited disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI), which resulted in a fine of $125,000. Although the Connecticut-based allergy treatment practice agreed to settle with no admission of liability,...
by HIPAAgps | Nov 22, 2018 | HIPAA News
After the Virtua Medical data breach in 2016, Best Medical Transcription (BMT) has agreed to a $200,000 settlement with the state of New Jersey. In early January 2016, Virtua Medical Group discovered that transcription records were viewable on the internet if searched...
by HIPAAgps | Nov 15, 2018 | HIPAA News
On November 13, congress passed legislation to form a new agency as part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; it’s entire focus will be on cybersecurity. The importance of cybersecurity continues to grow with the increasing number of threats and the increasing...
by HIPAAgps | Nov 8, 2018 | HIPAA News
The October Cybersecurity Newsletter from the OCR reminded covered entities and business associates about National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and the things they can do to help protect patients’ information. They covered safeguards that are required for HIPAA...
by HIPAAgps | Nov 1, 2018 | HIPAA News
The Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) reported on October 16, 2018, about a security incident that affected 1.25 million members. ERS learned about the security incident on August 17, 2018. There was a flaw in one of the search functions in ERS OnLine, which...
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