OCR Provides Guidance for Safe Telehealth Use
The OCR/HHS issued resources to help patients understand the privacy and security risks when using telehealth services and how to reduce the risks.
The OCR/HHS issued resources to help patients understand the privacy and security risks when using telehealth services and how to reduce the risks.
Itʼs important to familiarize yourself with how the Supreme Court Ruling affects patient privacy and PHI and reading through the OCRʼs new guidance is a good step.
This month in light of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a bulletin reminding HIPAA covered entities and their business associates of the ways they may share patient information during an outbreak of infectious disease or other emergency situations.
An apparent lack of understanding of what defines Protected Health Information (PHI) has cost one hospital system $2.175 million in fines to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
This week, American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), the billing collections vendor for both Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, reported to both companies that the data of nearly 20 million customers may have been compromised.
The HHS published a Notification of Enforcement Discretion Regarding HIPAA Civil Money Penalties that changes the interpretation of fines for violations defined under the HITECH Act, effectively reducing some of the annual limits.
Three email system breaches in three states exposed protected health information and each healthcare entity is stepping up efforts so it won’t happen again.
Three university personnel began the new year without paychecks after falling victim to a payroll phishing scam.
Train, train and retrain is at the top of PrivaPlan’s list of practical solutions for being HIPAA compliant.
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