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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Electronic Medical Records Compliance

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - December 11th - 14th, Orlando, FL

Designed for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is ideal for practitioners who want a deeper understanding of effective compliance management in a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - August 21st - 24th, Washington, DC

Designed for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is ideal for practitioners who want a deeper understanding of effective compliance management in a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - May 8th - 11th, Chicago, IL

Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy Overview - Designed for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is ideal for practitioners who want a deeper...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. ONC’s Tripathi: HIPAA Doesn’t Impede Sharing, Requirements Under Info Blocking...

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) When Micky Tripathi’s mom was recently transferred to a rehab facility to recover from a broken hip, the hospital, “right in front of me…printed off her record,...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Are you regulated under HIPAA? Ensure your website or app’s user tracking is HIPAA compliant

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On December 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued new guidance to covered entities and business associates regarding website and application user data tracking and how...more

Hogan Lovells

Not so fast: HHS OCR warns that HIPAA applies to online tracking technologies

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Covered Entities and Business Associates must comply with HIPAA in their use of online tracking technologies, including cookies, pixels or similar code. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - March 6th - 9th, Phoenix, AZ

Designed for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is ideal for practitioners who want a deeper understanding of effective compliance management in a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - December 5th - 8th, Anaheim, CA

Each Academy provides three-and-a-half days of classroom-style training covering the latest laws, regulations, and developments to help you effectively manage your organization’s compliance program. They are ideal for...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - September 27th - 30th, Austin, TX

Each Academy provides three-and-a-half days of classroom-style training covering the latest laws, regulations, and developments to help you effectively manage your organization’s compliance program. They are ideal for...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - August 2nd - 5th, Seattle, WA

Each Academy provides three-and-a-half days of classroom-style training covering the latest laws, regulations, and developments to help you effectively manage your organization’s compliance program. They are ideal for...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Charlotte, NC - January 15th, 8:25 am - 5:30 pm EST

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - November 2nd - 5th, Nashville, TN

Dive into a broad spectrum of topics affecting healthcare organizations. Explore the latest laws, regulations, and developments to help you effectively manage your organization’s privacy compliance program. Our Academies are...more

NAVEX

4 Ways to Protect ePHI Beyond HIPAA Compliance

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Given the choice between credit card data and digital health records, cybercriminals prefer the latter. A stolen credit card can be canceled. Electronic protected health information (ePHI) with its treasure-trove of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] March Privacy Compliance Academy - March 9th - 12th, San Diego, CA

Dive into a broad spectrum of topics affecting healthcare organizations. Explore the latest laws, regulations, and developments to help you effectively manage your organization’s privacy compliance program. Our Academies are...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - January 13th - 16th, Lake Buena Vista, FL

Dive into a broad spectrum of topics affecting healthcare organizations. Explore the latest laws, regulations, and developments to help you effectively manage your organization’s privacy compliance program. Our Academies are...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

It’s HIP(AA) to be square… making sure you are HIPAA compliant

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) was created for one specific reason – evolution of technology. Today, health care providers are using online clinical applications and electronic health...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Latest HIPAA Compliance & Enforcement Trends

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Enforcement activity by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) showed no signs of slowing throughout 2018 and has already picked up speed in 2019. More recent and significant actions...more

King & Spalding

OIG Reports Insufficient Oversight Of HIPAA Compliance

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The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) must improve its oversight and enforcement of patient information privacy and security rules by “covered entities” and their business associates under the Health Information Portability...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OCR Enters into $750,000 Settlement with Physician Practice for HIPAA Violations

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On September 2, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Cancer Care Group, P.C., a thirteen-physician oncology practice in Indiana related to violations of the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

OCR settlement reiterates importance of proactive security rule compliance

On September 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced that Cancer Care Group, P.C. (CCG), a physician practice located in Indiana, agreed to pay $750,000 as part of a settlement to resolve...more

BakerHostetler

Use of File-Sharing Service Leads To $218,400 Fine For HIPAA Violations

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Internet-based file-sharing services such as Dropbox and Google Drive can be easy and convenient to use, whether via the touch of an app on a mobile device or by opening a browser on a PC. Healthcare professionals are often...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Massachusetts Hospital Agrees to Six-Figure Payment Related to HIPAA Compliance Allegations

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St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (SEMC), a tertiary care hospital based in Brighton, Mass., agreed to pay $218,400 to address deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance activities. The SEMC settlement continues a pattern of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Privacy and Security Alert: January 9th, 2014

On December 5, 2013, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported on the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) compliance as of May 2011 with oversight and enforcement of the Security Rule and compliance with federal cybersecurity...more

BakerHostetler

OCR'S Breach Settlement: The First Ever Involving Less Than 500 Patients

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The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started 2013 with a bang by announcing that it had reached "the first settlement involving a breach of unprotected electronic protected health information (ePHI) affecting fewer than 500...more

Stinson LLP

Health Law Alert: Deficient Data Security On Mobile Devices Leads To First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Less Than 500...

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On January 2, 2013, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced its first HIPAA breach settlement involving less than 500 patients. OCR took action against a hospice provider in...more

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