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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: August 2024

On July 19, Change Healthcare Ince. filed a breach report with HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concerning its mammoth ransomware attack and breach. The organization’s breach report to OCR identifies just 500 individuals as...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

UHG’s Breach Response May Prove Enlightening for Others

Organizations typically deal with ransomware attacks out of the public eye, but the massive scale of United Healthcare Group’s (UHG) February breach made that an impossibility. UHG CEO Andrew Witty was recently on the hot...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: May 2024

Kaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million current and former members that their personal information may have been compromised when it was transmitted to tech giants Google, Microsoft Bing and X (formerly Twitter) when...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: December 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 12  (December, 2023) Northwell Health in New York and Cook County Health in Chicago each experienced impacts from a breach at Nevada-based transcription company Perry Johnson & Associates...more

Ankura

OCR Issues Guidance to Patients and Providers on Telehealth Privacy and Security

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On October 18, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an update1 containing two resource documents to help educate patients regarding privacy and security...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Can Doctors Respond to Online Reviews?

In today’s digital era, online reviews have become a significant influence on consumer decision-making, including when it comes to selecting healthcare providers. With platforms like Yelp, Google, and specialized medical...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

States Catch Health Care Entities Taking the Bait in Phishing Attacks

The State Attorneys General in New York and New Jersey recently settled with four companies over alleged HIPAA noncompliance following phishing attacks. The New Jersey settlements were brought against three NJ-based cancer...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Richmond, VA - December 11th, 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

McDermott Will & Emery

International News: Focus on Global Privacy and Cybersecurity - September 2020

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Generally, contact tracing refers to an effort by public health officials to identify individuals with whom a patient who has tested positive for an infectious disease has been in close proximity. Public health officials will...more

Baker Donelson

Protecting LTC Residents' PHI: Eight Tips for Avoiding a Data Breach

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Organizations that meet the definition of "covered entity" under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations (HIPAA) must be diligent to maintain the privacy and security...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Blockchain for Healthcare

Blockchain technology is finding its way into every industry. Healthcare is no exception. According to a recent report by Deloitte, “blockchain technology has the potential to transform health care, placing the patient at the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CMS Memo on Texting Patient Information

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CMS issued a memo to state survey agency directors on December 28, 2017, to clarify CMS’s position on texting patient information. The memo, which indicates that it is effective “immediately,” states that CMS prohibits...more

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