A new Florida law will require certain Florida-licensed providers to ensure that patient information is physically maintained only in the continental United States and its territories or in Canada. Florida SB 264, which goes...more
6/21/2023
/ American Health Care Act (AHCA) ,
CEHRT ,
Data Security ,
Data Storage ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Florida ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medicare Advantage ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws
Today, we’re looking back at HIPAA and other privacy and security developments in 2018. This past year saw continued HIPAA enforcement (including the largest ever fine for a HIPAA breach), reminders from the OCR on best...more
1/7/2019
/ Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Earlier this week, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $400,000 settlement with Metro Community Provider Network (“MCPN”) related to a 2012 HIPAA breach caused by a phishing scam. The phishing scam, carried...more
4/13/2017
/ Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Email ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Incident Response Plans ,
OCR ,
Phishing Scams ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Settlement
Wearable technology continues to do a full court press on the marketplace and in the process, the step counters of the world and health apps tied to devices capable of tracking real-time biostatistics, are revolutionizing the...more
This Halloween, the scariest monsters might not be in your closet or under your bed. They may be overseas, orchestrating intrusions into your electronic medical record. Or they may be lurking in your own workforce, carrying...more
10/30/2015
/ App Developers ,
Audits ,
Business Associates ,
Corrective Actions ,
Covered Entities ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Encryption ,
Fitbit ,
Hackers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Mobile Health Apps ,
OCR ,
OIG ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
Wearable Technology
After a summer that saw major data breaches at the Office of Personnel Management and UCLA Health System, this fall is a great time to take your organization back to school on HIPAA compliance and data security. Here are...more
8/27/2015
/ Business Associates ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Employee Training ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
ONC ,
Security Risk Assessments