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Keep up to date on industry newsBreach Notification Rule
Following a breach of unsecured protected health information, the Breach Notification Rule requires that Covered Entities and Business Associates notify the Office for Civil Rights, the patient(s) involved and sometimes even the media, depending on the size of the breach…
Business Associate Exposed Health Information on Web
Children’s National Health System announced that a Business Associate, Ascend Healthcare System Medical, may have allowed access to transcribed reports by way of Google…
Is Your Organization in Danger of Breaches?
In a recent Bookings Institution paper, published by Niam Yaraghi, researchers found that in spite of government efforts, privacy breaches, specifically electronic breaches, are on the rise in all health care practices…
NY hospital to pay $2.2 Million for televising PHI
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital settled at $2.2 million for a breach case involving the “egregious disclosure of two patients’ protected health information (PHI),” the OCR stated in a recent press release…
American Dental Association Warns of Upcoming OCR Audits
The American Dental Association recently published an article in their March newsletter stressing the importance of being ready for OCR’s HIPAA audits…
Phase Two of the OCR’s HIPAA Audits Started
The Office for Civil Rights started on the second phase of the audit program and will expect a 10-day turnaround on HIPAA documentation requested. Are you protecting your organization from potential OCR HIPAA audits?…
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