by HIPAAgps | Jun 21, 2018 | HIPAA News
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) will have to pay more than $4.3 million in HIPAA fines because of three separate data breaches that occurred in 2012 and 2013. The recent press release from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stated that a...
by HIPAAgps | Jun 14, 2018 | HIPAA News
A growing trend in health care is specialization of treatments, which causes the decentralization of health care. No longer does one medical facility do checkups, critical care, lab work, and x-rays: everything is outsourced from one health care provider to the next....
by HIPAAgps | Jun 7, 2018 | HIPAA News
Cyber insurance claims are on the rise and ransomware attacks top the charts according to a recent report from the American International Group (AIG). The 2017 Cyber Insurance Claim Statistics published by AIG, a global insurance organization, found that ransomware...
by HIPAAgps | May 31, 2018 | HIPAA News
The latest newsletter from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) highlights the importance of physical security in safeguarding protected health information (PHI). With ransomware and hacking all over the news, many people are focused on cybersecurity issues and...
by HIPAAgps | May 24, 2018 | HIPAA News
In February 2018, the Des Moines Crisis Observation Center (DCOC) operated by Polk County Health Services Inc., discovered a breach, and, upon further investigation, discovered it started in June 2014. A press release from DCOC was issued in April 2018 notifying...
by HIPAAgps | May 17, 2018 | HIPAA News
Recently, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) fired three employees after a patient’s medical information was posted on Facebook. The shared information included the patient’s name, age, HIV status, past surgical information, and employment information. It...
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