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HIPAA
Feds Levy First-Ever HIPAA Fine for a Phishing Breach
From Govinfo Security, by Marianne Colbasuk McGee: The Department of Health and Human Services has issued the first ever HIPAA fine for a phishing breach, highlighting…
Patient Privacy: Preventing Data Leakage in Healthcare
From Security Boulevard, by Chantel Rodrigues: Tracking pixels are tiny, invisible images or code snippets embedded in web pages, emails, or mobile apps. They can be…
Healthcare AI and HIPAA Compliance
From AI in Healthcare by Dave Pearson: AI can accumulate a large amount of data from many sources. Using large datasets, AI can realistically re-identify previously…
Is Dropbox HIPAA Compliant?
A lot of my healthcare clients use Dropbox. Many assume, incorrectly, that it is HIPAA compliant. I am generally concerned with any service that declares itself…
Exploring Data De-Identification in Healthcare
From Health IT Analytics: Adequately de-identifying healthcare data is critical for health systems, payers, and other stakeholders to ensure HIPAA compliance. However, the advent of newer…
Large Health System Agrees To Pay $200,000 as Part of OCR’s Fourteenth Right of Access Initiative Settlement
In its first enforcement action of 2021, on January 12th, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced…
HIPAA Safe Harbor Bill Becomes Law; Requires HHS to Incentivize Security
The legislation directs HHS to take into account a covered entity’s or business associate’s use of industry-standard security practices within the course of 12 months, when…
The OCR Settles another Investigation under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
OCR has settled its thirteenth enforcement action under the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative, which involved a primary care physician practicing in the State of Georgia.…
Proposed Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule
HHS has proposed several important changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to bring it in line with HHS’s Sprint Toward Coordinated Care initiative. These proposed changes…
HHS Proposes Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Empower Patients, Improve Coordinated Care, and Reduce Regulatory Burdens
The proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule include strengthening individuals’ rights to access their own health information, including electronic information; improving information sharing for care…