by Discovering HIPAA | Dec 12, 2017 | HIPAA Compliance
Last week we reviewed all the civil and criminal penalties associated with HIPAA violations/breaches. We promised to tell you, this week, about the few cases that involved jail time. These violations were from people who weren’t careful. Violations of HIPAA... by Discovering HIPAA | Dec 4, 2017 | HIPAA Compliance
Failing to Comply with HIPAA can Lead to Damaging Penalties: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is responsible for enforcing the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. OCR enforces the Privacy and Security Rules in several... by Discovering HIPAA | Nov 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for enforcement of the HIPAA law. These enforcements aren’t all just “guidelines” however. OCR began enforcement efforts in earnest in 2011. Since... by Discovering HIPAA | Nov 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
While interesting and unusual HIPAA breaches happen, the most common HIPAA breaches in healthcare are still old fashion human error. Since 2004, the Number One cause of breaches has been impermissible uses and disclosures. This can be anything from an email sent... by Discovering HIPAA | Nov 16, 2017 | Data Breaches
On October 17, 2017 First Health of the Carolina’s shut down their systems to ensure that all devices were tested and cleared of the threat of a new strain of the Wannacry virus. While the organization indicated that no patient information was compromised, the...
