May’s HIPAA Chat Recording
Listen to Marc Haskelson and Bob Grant on the May 2016 edition of HIPAA Chat
Lessons Learned from Failures in Healthcare Data Security
The Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation recently released a paper by Fellow Niam Yaraghi examining the current state of major healthcare data security across the [...]
Microsoft Office 365 HIPAA: What Covered Entities Need to Know
Microsoft Office 365 is the most recent incarnation of Microsoft's long-running Office series. SharePoint Online, a relatively new addition to the usual Microsoft Office line-up of word processing and [...]
Congress to Establish Chief Information Security Officer Within HHS
A bill to establish an Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was introduced in the [...]
Criminal HIPAA Sentencing in Drug Fraud Scheme
A former pharmaceutical district manager will be sentenced in July following a guilty plea to criminal HIPAA violations for a fraud scheme involving pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott, which was [...]
HIPAA Compliant Data Security and Self Storage Units
Storage units are commonly used by healthcare professionals to store excess records and older files. They can be a great way to economize space or temporarily [...]
OCR Releases New HIPAA Audit Protocol and Business Associate Listing Template
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) just released an updated HIPAA Audit Protocol that it plans to use while investigating healthcare entities [...]
Compliancy Group on HIPAA Chat
HIPAA chat, sponsored by HITECHanswers.net has featured Compliancy Group's own Bob Grant and Marc Haskelson answering HIPAA questions for the April edition. Watch the recording below or click here to [...]
New York Presbyterian Hospital Hit with $2.2 Million OCR Settlement for “Egregious Disclosure” of PHI
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that New York Presbyterian Hospital would be required to pay a [...]
$750,000 HIPAA Settlement in North Carolina for Lack of Business Associate Agreements
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it reached a $750,000 HIPAA settlement with Raleigh Orthopedic Clinic, P.A. The Raleigh, North [...]
