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Today started like every other day until I opened an email from a client. Below is a excerpt of the email: I Won I Won I Won I won the audit. Many thanks to you. I have been giving out your website and phone # to everyone I know. I cannot thank you enough. We...
The total budget request (PDF) for the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is $83 billion. This includes $43 million for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) which is a $4 million increase over the 2015 budget. The increase will help support the permanent HIPAA audit process. OCR conducted a pilot program to ensure...
Security experts have been predicting that large healthcare related data breaches will continue into 2015. With the Anthem Inc., breach of 80 million records this prediction is now a reality. An article over at Forbes explores why healthcare data is so valuable. Here are some of the reasons: Quantity of information—Think of the 15 pages...
With the start of a new year, many organizations take a second look at their business and make necessary changes. 2015 is looking like a challenging year in terms of data security. The New Year brings back the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) HIPAA audits. Both HIPAA Covered Entities (CEs) and Business Associates (BAs) will...
HIPAA Secure Now! President and CEO, Art Gross, offers some tips to avoid HIPAA related breaches in an article over at Dermatology Times Back in 2013 Adult & Pediatric Dermatology of Concord, Massachusetts, was hit with a $150,000 HIPAA fine for an unencrypted thumb drive that stored more than 2,200 patient records and was stolen...
The following article, written by Alison Diana, appeared over at InformationWeek on 10/7/2014. The article interviews one of HIPAA Secure Now’s clients that utilized our service after one of their Business Associates had a HIPAA related breach. The client asked to remain anonymous but wanted to share the information so other HIPAA Covered Entities and...
A prospective client asked for our help after receiving a HIPAA audit letter from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). OCR sent the client the letter after one of the client’s business associates experienced a HIPAA related breach. I won’t give any additional information on the client, the business associate or details of the security...
Hot off the American Medical Association (AMA) Wire, a service that provides news and information to AMA members, is a reminder that the HIPAA audits will resume this year. The AMA Wire reminds members that the HIPAA audits will start as early as this summer If you haven’t conducted a privacy and security risk assessment...
Our job at HIPAA Secure Now! is to help our clients comply with HIPAA regulations. As part of that process we try to educate our clients and their employees on the importance of protecting patient privacy. We use examples of HIPAA violations to help clients understand some of the concepts of HIPAA such as; what...
We are at an inflection point regarding HIPAA enforcement. For years we have talked about HIPAA regulations including the HIPAA Security Rule, HITECH Act, small scale HIPAA audits and the HIPAA Omnibus Rule but true HIPAA enforcement has eluded us. Are we at a fork in the road where HIPAA enforcement and compliance with HIPAA...
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