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HIPAA Compliance: How to Craft an Airtight Breach Notification Policy

Monday, February 1, 2010

Start with this handy checklist for breach notification policies and procedures. We recently covered the steps your facility or practice needs to take to get ready for the February 22 enforcement deadline for the…

HIPAA Gets More Heft

Sunday, January 24, 2010

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Here’s why your compliance with the breach notification rules just got more urgent. Did you know the HITECH provisions in the ARRA Act allow states attorneys general to enforce HIPAA? And now, Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal is the…

Prepare for Feb. 22 Enforcement of Security Breach Regs with These 5 Steps

Sunday, January 24, 2010

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Your facility or office has taken the advice of experts and crafted a security management process that protects the confidentiality of the personal health information in your patients’ records. You believe you are compliant with ARRA and…

HHS Issues New Interim Rule on HIPAA Penalties

Monday, November 9, 2009

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Watch Out: Maximum monetary penalty for HIPAA violations just increased by 6,000 percent. If you were confused by enforcement of the old HIPAA penalty rules, the new ones are only a little better — and have…

Some Flowers & Some PHI

Monday, September 21, 2009

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Some cute stuffed animals, some balloons, some bows, and some sweet bouquets. When you think ‘hospital gift shop’ you don’t usually think about PHI leaks and HIPAA risks. Here’s how one respected health system accidentally breached PHI last week, one…

What’s Next for Health Care Security, Privacy Compliance

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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Don’t miss the new compliance consequences for stolen laptops, mistaken e-mail. Health care organizations are entering an era of unprecedented regulation and the compliance landscape is changing as a result. Specifically, as security and privacy…

Your HIT Security Breach Game Plan

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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What the rules are when a breach happens, and when you must alert the media. If you violate a patient’s privacy, the days where you can quietly sweep the breach under the rug are over. This week, the Dept. of Health and Human Services…

FTC Red Flags Rule: A Digital Photo for the Medical Record?

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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It may seem like the government is implementing the Red Flags Rule in the distant future — now that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has delayed the implementation date to November 1, 2009. But the new rule will be a reality…

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