by HIPAAgps | May 10, 2018 | HIPAA News
The latest Office for Civil Rights (OCR), cybersecurity newsletter focused on the differences between a risk analysis and a gap analysis. The OCR started the newsletter by reminding covered entities and business associates that they must do everything in their power...
by HIPAAgps | May 3, 2018 | HIPAA News
The FDA created a five-step plan that will help bring better and safer medical devices to patients. As stated in the FDA’s “Medical Device Safety Action Plan,” he five-step plan is as follows: Establish a robust medical device patient safety net in the United States...
by HIPAAgps | Apr 26, 2018 | HIPAA News
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a new patient privacy requirement for health insurers. For families who have everyone on one health insurance plan, the Explanation of Benefits (EOBs) are sent to the subscriber. This includes dependents who are...
by HIPAAgps | Apr 19, 2018 | HIPAA News
A recent study by ServiceNow and the Ponemon Institute provides important information about the state of many organizations’ security and the lack of patches being installed for discovered vulnerabilities. For the study, the Ponemon Institute surveyed 3,000...
by HIPAAgps | Apr 12, 2018 | HIPAA News
At the end of March, Cambridge Health Alliance released a statement notifying patients that the organization experienced a protected health information (PHI) breach. On January 31, Massachusetts Police Department notified Cambridge Health Alliance that PHI had been...
by HIPAAgps | Apr 5, 2018 | HIPAA News
There are pretty stiff consequences for employees who use their access to protected health information for illegal means. From ransomware to hackers, there is a lot of talk about breaches from the outside, but what about breaches from the inside? Especially breaches...
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