A New HIPAA Compliance Threat: Cryptocurrency Mining

While cryptocurrency, an encrypted digital-currency, seems esoteric to some because it is relatively new, those who are well versed in the field may be able to hack your websites and servers, possibly causing a HIPAA compliance issue. Recently, Decatur County General...

$3.5 Million HIPAA Settlement Hits News

The Office for Civil Rights published a press release detailing the information on a $3.5 million HIPAA settlement and what led up to this settlement. On February 1, the news came out about Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) agreeing to pay a $3.5 million...

January 2018 Breach Roundup

The breaches keep adding up.  Learn more about some of the most current breaches and what you can do to help protect against your health care organization. Oklahoma State University Center breach affected nearly 280,000 patients On January 5, the Oklahoma State...

Costly Risk Assessment Mistakes

Learn about the three common risk assessment mistakes that cost health care entities hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. The absolute largest risk assessment mistake is not conducting one.  A risk assessment is required for HIPAA compliance.  Oftentimes,...

Important HIPAA Compliance Definitions to Know

To understand HIPAA compliance requirements, you will need to understand some of the commonly used terms. Protected Health Information (PHI)- individually identifiable health information that is transmitted by electronic media, maintained in electronic media, or...

Threat to PHI: Computer Processor Vulnerabilities

On January 5, the OCR sent out an emergency update to the security and privacy email lists notifying health care organizations about new discovered computer vulnerabilities that may affect PHI. In the update, the OCR linked to a report from the Healthcare...