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Let’s Get Physical - OCR Issues Reminder that HIPAA Security Isn’t Just Technical

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While most entities that are subject to the HIPAA Security Rule spend considerable time and effort ensuring that they have implemented appropriate administrate and technical safeguards to protect the health information that...more

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Litigation Surge From the Use of Tracking Technology & the Sharing of Healthcare and Personal Data

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Introduction: Tracking Software in the Healthcare Industry - Privacy-related concerns have become increasingly prominent in recent years, especially with the widespread use of third-party tracking tools such as tracking...more

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Latest FTC Health Privacy Case Sheds Light on Agency Health Privacy Approaches

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Health privacy has been a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) priority for decades, and indeed, one of its very first privacy cases, in the early 2000s, involved the inadvertent sharing of user health data. Fast-forward a few...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said a data breach at a Medicare subcontractor impacted the personally identifiable information and protected...more

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OCR Provides Guidance on the Privacy of Data Stored on Health Apps and Mobile Devices

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In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, many individuals and organizations have expressed uncertainty about the protection afforded to data stored on health apps,...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

HIPAA settlement highlights importance of mobile device encryption

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On July 27, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it reached a settlement with a Rhode Island nonprofit health system related to the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing its...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Privacy and Data Security Alert | December 2019

SDNY Rejects Standing under “Increased Risk” Theory Where Data Not Targeted or Stolen - The Southern District of New York rejected a settlement that would have resolved a class action based on the unauthorized (and...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Large New York State Health System Agrees To Pay $3 Million For Its Failure to Repeatedly Encrypt Mobile Devices

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On November 5, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a $3 million settlement with the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) to settle potential...more

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Unencrypted Mobile Devices Cost Medical Center $3 Million In HIPAA Settlement

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In one of this year’s largest HIPAA settlements, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is set to collect $3 million from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). This...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

The Continuing Challenge of Cybersecurity Hygiene in Digital Health and Life Sciences

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A recent issue of MIT’s Technology Review magazine is titled, “Look how far precision medicine has come.“ At least part of the premise is that personalized medicine or precision medicine is not perceived as having made the...more

Hogan Lovells

Internet of Things Issues Guide

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Devices that formerly existed in only the physical world are now entering the digital world, and as a result, the Internet of Things (IOT) is here. Both familiar and unfamiliar objects are part of the IOT: toothbrushes...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Latest OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter Tackles Mobile Devices

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its October Cybersecurity Newsletter last week with a focus on mobile devices. Given the amount of work conducted on mobile devices...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Securing ePHI in a Mobile Health World

Could a lost cell phone or laptop cost your organization millions of dollars? Mobile devices have enabled vast improvements in the efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery. ...more

Perkins Coie

Another HIPAA Settlement: Stolen Laptop Costs $2.5 Million Plus Encryption Requirement

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced yet another HIPAA privacy and security settlement involving Protected Health Information (PHI) on a stolen laptop. Although this might be seen as just...more

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First HIPAA Settlement Involving Wireless Health Services Provider

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We have previously written that the Internet of Things continues to spawn new cybersecurity and privacy concerns. These vulnerabilities have already served as plot devices for shows such as Homeland. Now, the U.S. Department...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Healthcare Advisory: HHS Announces First Settlement with a Wireless Health Services Provider

On April 24, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), announced its first settlement with a wireless health services provider, CardioNet, Inc., for alleged violations of the Health...more

King & Spalding

HHS-OCR Announces Guidance On HIPAA Compliance And Cloud Computing

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On October 6, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued guidance on complying with HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification rules when using cloud computing technology...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

On the Trail for Pokémon – and HIPAA Compliance

Pikachu, Alakazam, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle can teach us a few things about HIPAA privacy. Pokémon GO is a recent craze encouraging people to try to catch’em all. As a result, employees, clients, and patients are...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Oregon Health & Science University pays $2.7M penalty for data breaches

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has agreed to settle alleged HIPAA violations involving two separate data breaches with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for $2.7 million. In the span of three months in 2013,...more

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Recent Enforcement Action: Business Associates Not Off the Hook

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Despite the fact that Business Associates have been directly subject to and liable under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations (HIPAA) since February 18, 2010 the...more

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BYOD Risks under HIPAA – Does Your HIPAA Compliance Program Adequately Address the Ever Increasing Use of Portable Electronic...

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Many U.S. employers are now allowing employees to use their own personal handheld devices and laptop computers for work-related purposes. As the age of employer-provided devices is coming to an end and “bring your own device”...more

Lathrop GPM

Business Associate Settles HIPAA Investigation for $650,000

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The U.S. Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the agency responsible for enforcing the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules, has just sent a strong message that business associates are not immune from scrutiny. On June 24, 2016, in a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

OCR levies first fine ever directly against business associate

Our predictions that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will become more aggressive with audits, investigations, and fines against HIPAA business associates has come true. On June 24, 2016, the OCR announced that it has...more

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Bad News for HIPAA Business Associates: HHS OCR Announces $650,000 Settlement for BA Breach

Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (“CHCS”), a HIPAA business associate, has agreed to pay the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) $650,000 in connection with a...more

Fisher Phillips

Maintaining Patient Privacy In The Digital Age

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Those in the heavily regulated healthcare industry know that patient information is sacrosanct. And for good reason; improper handling can result in hefty fines or criminal prosecution under the Health Insurance Portability...more

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