by HIPAAgps | Aug 2, 2018 | HIPAA News
At a talk at The Heritage Foundation, Alex Azar, the current Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), stated that the HHS will be looking at HIPAA and other health privacy regulations and making updates in the near future. The final Security...
by HIPAAgps | Jul 26, 2018 | HIPAA News
Insider breaches can be some of the worst HIPAA violations because they can go undiscovered for years, possibly affecting many more patients than a one-time hack. Recently, Adams County Government in Wisconsin released a notice to the press detailing how they...
by HIPAAgps | Jul 19, 2018 | HIPAA News
Sharing patient information on social media without patient consent is a HIPAA violation. Recently, this type of HIPAA violation became an issue when employees at Thompson Health’s M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center in Canandaigua, New York, took pictures and/or videos...
by HIPAAgps | Jul 12, 2018 | HIPAA News
As you may recall from a previous HIPAAgps post, ransomware attacks can devastate a health care company’s reputation and finances. You may not think that this applies to you because your company has a seemingly impenetrable firewall, but these computer bugs infiltrate...
by HIPAAgps | Jul 5, 2018 | HIPAA News
The most recent installment of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) cybersecurity newsletter focused on software vulnerabilities and patching. The newsletter began with a little background on what software is and the fact that much of the software we use contains...
by HIPAAgps | Jun 28, 2018 | HIPAA News
Reports of HIPAA fines from the OCR are all over the news, but the reason we never hear about lawsuits from patients is because even if they do file a suit, a judge will dismiss the case. On June 15, a U.S. district court judge in Washington, D.C. dismissed the case...
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