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EHR Vendors at Risk of 2017 HIPAA Enforcement Actions
The threat of a HIPAA investigation is only one of the exposures that EHR vendors face when it comes to the implementation of privacy and security standards. One of the most recent examples came [...]
HIPAA Compliance Survey
NueMD (Atlanta, GA), a cloud-based medical billing service, administered a HIPAA Compliance Survey in 2014. In 2016, they issued a follow-up survey to measure the change in HIPAA compliance and awareness over time. The [...]
Multi-Million Dollar HIPAA Fines Underscore Widespread Security Violations
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued two HIPAA fines totaling $5.4 million. In both cases, OCR investigations revealed widespread violations of the HIPAA Privacy and [...]
First Settlement for Violating the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its first settlement for violating the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule with Presence Health for $475,000. This settlement is the first [...]
Over Half a Million Affected by Data Breach at Georgia-based Orthopedic Firm
The Atlanta, Georgia-based Peachtree Orthopedics reported that the records of over half a million patients were compromised in a cyberattack in September of 2016. The firm first notified patients affected by the breach in [...]
2017 HIPAA Compliance Checklist
In 2016 alone, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) levied over $25 million in fines. Enforcement has more than doubled since 2015's $10 million in fines. If [...]
