HHS OCR announced today its second resolution agreement of 2013. Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) has agreed to pay $275,000 and enter into a comprehensive corrective action plan (CAP) to settle an investigation opened...more
6/17/2013 - Corrective Actions Fines Healthcare HHS Hospitals Journalism OCR PHI Privacy Disclosures
“HIPAA is a valve, not a blockage,” stated HHS OCR Director Leon Rodriguez, at the OCR/NIST 6th Annual Conference on Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security....more
5/23/2013 - Civil Monetary Penalty Compliance Encryption HHS HIPAA HITECH PHI
In This Issue: - A Baker's Dozen of Significant Changes From the HIPAA/HITECH Rule 1. Business Associates and Subcontractors 2. Breach Notification 3. Covered Entity Organizational Structures 4. Cloud...more
3/1/2013 - Business Associates Cloud Computing Covered Entities Data Breach Data Protection GINA HHS HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule HITECH Notice Requirements OCR PHI Subcontractors
A California hospital that disclosed a patient’s medical record in response to a California Watch investigative report on the alleged inappropriate billing practices of the hospital’s parent organization was recently cited by...more
12/13/2012 - Data Breach Data Protection Healthcare Healthcare Professionals HIPAA Hospitals Personally Identifiable Information
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