The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights has slapped two more organizations with hefty HIPAA enforcement fines.
Meanwhile, HHS announced increases to future HIPAA civil monetary penalties to adjust for annual inflation in a move some observers say is likely to create confusion and uncertainty, given earlier announcements about plans to reduce penalties.
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In the latest move to relax certain HIPAA requirements during the COVID-19 crisis, federal regulators Thursday paved the way for business associates to share protected health information for public he
Our team of our experts puts together a checklist to help organizations plan for an incident response during the COVID-19 crisis. They discuss 30/60/90 day planning around privacy and security.
Things are changing rapidly in the current regulatory environment and that is true for telehealth as well. On March 13, 2020 the President declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency....
In a pair of sweeping directives that will have far reaching implications for healthcare providers and their patients, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance and FAQs through which the...
The Secretary of HHS has declared a nationwide public health emergency. The declaration includes a suspension of some of the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule for hospitals to help ease...
Healthcare providers may provide treatment services to patients using a variety of non-public facing telehealth technologies without complying with the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy and...
Security issues are becoming a greater risk for businesses, patient care and safety, and fiscal operations and should be a concern to all organizations. Read our latest white paper to learn more.
The evidence is clear, healthcare providers that underfund their cyber resilience plans suffer serious financial impacts following a security breach or ransomware attack. The immediate needs are...
IoT devices vulnerable to Cybersecurity threats healthcare organizations, like other businesses, are integrating “smart technologies” into devices and facility controls that are connected to the...
