Privacy and Security Issues in Healthcare in Mergers and Acquisitions
WIth security and privacy integration risks in mergers and acquisitions, knowing the right questions to ask and understanding the answers being provided could be the key to making the deal happen.
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US Treasury: Paying Ransomware Gangs Could Violate Regulations
Caleb Barlow provides commentary on The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control warning companies that they could be fined for paying or facilitating ransom payments to cyber-criminal gangs.
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Netwalker, the Powerful New Strain of Ransomware Used Against Equinix
Caleb Barlow discusses the recent ransomware attack on Equinix infrastructure disclosed earlier this month. Equinix stated it has been fully contained, with no customers affected and no data loss.
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EHR Vendor Settles HITECH Fraud Case
Marti Arvin offers commentary for this article which focuses on the recent announcement from federal prosecutors who have agreed to pay $500,000 to settle the 2015 HITECH fraud case.
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Telehealth & Data Security: Understanding the Risks
The below infographic depicts the results of survey findings and links to additional telehealth pointers for both patients and providers from a survey conducted in June of 2020.
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3 Tips Providers Need to Know for Providing Telehealth Care
This infographic describes important telehealth safety tips providers need to consider before offering telehealth services.
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7 Questions Patients Need to Ask Before a Telehealth Visit
Our infographic describes important Telehealth safety questions patients need to ask their provider before a telehealth appointment.
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Unsecured Database Exposed on Web - Then Deleted
David Finn contributes to this article where he discusses benevolent bots and building security and privacy into the design process for software vendors.
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North Carolina health center to pay $25,000 HIPAA fine
Marti Arvin, Executive Advisor at CynergisTek, offered commentary for this article, which discusses the recent HIPAA fine on Agape Health Services, a N.C.-based federally qualified health center.
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CCPA Enforcement Begins, but Many Companies Are Unprepared
Marti Arvin discusses California’s newly enforced controversial digital privacy law – despite a call for a delay due to the pandemic and a lack of readiness by many companies.
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Ground telehealth applications in security -- now
David Finn discusses the recent exposure of recorded patient consultations by Babylon Health.
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Telehealth After COVID-19: Privacy, Security Considerations
What will happen after July 25th? The Federal government's recent policy changes for facilitating patient care during COVID-19 may have an impact on telehealth restrictions in the future.
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Business Associate Incidents Added to Breach Tally
In the latest article by Healthcareinfosecurity.com David Holtzman discusses the major health data breaches that have been added to the federal tally in recent weeks.
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Lawsuit Filed Against Accounting Firm in Patient Data Hack
In the latest article by Healthcareinfosecurity.com David Holtzman discusses the class action lawsuit filed against accounting firm BST & Co. CPAs LLC that allegedly exposed patient information.
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Marti Arvin, Adam Greene and Joan Podleski on COVID-19 Disclosure Issues [Podcast]
Marti Arvin joins The Compliance and Ethics Blog podcast with guests as they discuss questions around the coronavirus pandemic about what is and isn’t permissible.
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