Morristown, NJ (SBWIRE) – July 23, 2013 –HIPAA Secure Now! announced today that the HIPAA Secure Now! annual HIPAA compliance subscription will include $100,000 of financial protection from HIPAA breach and violation expenses. The financial protection will be included in the HIPAA Secure Now! annual compliance subscription for 50 employees or less. The financial protection...
Big HIPAA penalties and fines make great news headlines. Recently the managed care company WellPoint Inc. agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine to settle potential HIPAA violations. False sense of security Large fines make headlines and show that violating HIPAA regulations can be very expensive. Unfortunately it can have an opposite effect as well....
The one thing you can say is that there are no 3 strikes and you are out when it comes to HIPAA breaches. Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. recently suffered its 5th HIPAA breach since 2009. The most recent breach involved a stolen unencrypted laptop that contained 13,000 patient records. What makes this even...
You may have read the headline and said to yourself “How can my smartphone cause a data breach if I don’t have any patient information on it?” While it may be true that you do not access your EMR on your phone, you should still be concerned. Smartphones are amazing devices. They have the power...
Pilot Program Last year the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which enforces HIPAA, conducted 115 HIPAA compliance audits. The program is being looked at as a pilot project that will eventually be used to put in place a permanent audit program. According to a HealthcareInfoSecurity interview with OCR’s Susan...
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it has fined Idaho State University (ISU) $400,000 for failing to protect patient information. The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened an investigation after ISU notified HHS of the breach in which the ePHI of approximately 17,500 patients was unsecured for at least 10 months,...
Risk of owning a car If you take a step back and think of the risks of owning a car I think you would be shocked. Cars have associated risks that could significantly impact you and your family. Some of the risks include: The risk of being hurt or killed in a car accident The...
The below infographic provides good insight into common myths of HIPAA compliance for medical practices. Embedded from HIPPOmsg.com Thanks goes out to HIPPOmsg for putting the infographic together! [framed_box bgColor=”#ffd390″] We put together a free guide to help your compliance effort called: 5 simple and inexpensive tips to protect patient information [/framed_box]
We know you know about HIPAA security. HIPAA breaches are in the news on a weekly basis. The new HIPAA Omnibus Rule has been finalized and there is a lot of buzz about it. So the question is why haven’t you gotten serious about HIPAA security? We think we know some of the reasons. ...
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