by Discovering HIPAA | Mar 3, 2017 | Data Breaches
According to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Health and Human Services, January 2017 continued high numbers of data breaches. While not as high as the average monthly breaches in 2016, which was 37.5, it was close with January 2017 showing 31... by Discovering HIPAA | Feb 22, 2017 | HIPAA Compliance
Providers in small office practices often think they don’t need to worry about HIPAA investigations because they’re simply too small for the government to consider. However, this simply is not true and can get them into a lot of trouble. OCR (the Office of Civil... by Discovering HIPAA | Feb 10, 2017 | Data Breaches
So far this year, 22 breaches have been reported for 2017. Of course, there are still 2016 breaches being report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website. While all the 2017 breaches so far are small, the largest one provides some good learnings on... by Discovering HIPAA | Feb 2, 2017 | Data Breaches, HIPAA Online
Released for its third year, the Experian Data Breach Resolution Report for 2016 predicts that the healthcare sector will continue to be a focal point for cyber attacks in 2017. Why is the healthcare industry continuously targeted? The simple answer is that medical... by Discovering HIPAA | Jan 30, 2017 | HIPAA Compliance
Have you ever heard anyone say that HIPAA is a beauty? NO? I didn’t think so! However, being in the industry, I see the beauty of HIPAA every day in its flexible design. The government regulations are that you need to keep Private Health Information (PHI) private and...
