IT-Security

[...] are the top 5 facts you should know about Risk Management. 1. What’s the difference between risk analysis and risk management? In a nutshell, risk analysis is a systematic, rigorous process that is [...]

[...] responding to their responsibilities under HIPAA to execute a comprehensive approach to risk analysis and risk management, according to a panel of national experts in information privacy and [...]

[...] enough is enough. As a result, it has laid down the gauntlet. Conduct a bona fide security risk analysis, or else! Risk management must come before compliance Newly named OCR Director Jocelyn Samuels [...]

[...] Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Balanced Approaches are Key in 2014 as Growing Number of Federal and State [...]

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[...] ,780 after an investigation indicated that Affinity “impermissibly disclosed the protected health information of up to 344,579 individuals when it returned multiple photocopiers to a leasing agent [...]

[...] of privacy and negligence in establishing appropriate procedures to safeguard their health information. “I don’t know if I could feel anymore violated then if I had just been stripped down naked [...]

[...] February 2014, Arnold Palmer Hospital reported a missing flash drive containing Protected Health Information (PHI) that included last names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, gestational ages, [...]

[...] in place, which allegedly led to a breach of almost 200,000 individuals’ protected health information (PHI).  OCR stated that the lack of this technical safeguard could reflect violations of 21 [...]

[...] compliant. The infamous September 23, 2013 deadline required that covered entities and business associates were to comply with the updated Privacy, Security, Breach and Enforcement provisions. One [...]

[...] of the Privacy Rule and provide a Notice of Privacy Practices to members of the plan. Business associates now on the radar With the passage of the Omnibus Final Rule, HIPAA’s expanded Privacy, [...]

[...] GHP and the plan sponsor. In addition, GHPs notably tend to engage a significant number of business associates to handle various administrative services, such as enrollment, eligibility, claims [...]

[...] . But hospitals are responsible for the activities of all employees, plus those of all business associates – including attorneys, IT consultants, accountants, and so on. Unfortunately for hospitals [...]

Most companies in the U.S. likely feel that Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations are strictly a healthcare industry [...]

Just last month, Home Depot fell victim to the biggest data breach in retailing history, as 56 million of its customers’ credit cards were compromis [...]

There is a perfect storm brewing in healthcare. Rapidly advancing technologies and evolving consumer expectations are forcing the industry to face a b [...]

The one-year anniversary of the Omnibus Rule deadline is this week, yet providers are still seeking guidance on some of its harder to navigate specifi [...]

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[...] a breach notification law. This trend is placing an increasingly complicated burden on healthcare organizations that operate in multiple states. Which law do they follow? Do they apply the most [...]

[...] , fueling an outbreak of medical ID theft and a new wave of security risks for all healthcare organizations. In total, the FBI estimates $80 billion of the $2.2 trillion a year spent on healthcare [...]

[...] Attention all healthcare organizations: In case you haven’t noticed, your data is under siege from increasingly prevalent and [...]

[...] For years healthcare organizations have struggled to define their legal health records and align them with the designated [...]

[...] eligibility, enrollment, claims management and IT services for the plan. The penalties for HIPAA violations and data breaches have gotten much stiffer in recent years. In addition to legal and [...]

[...] require an authorization. Because business associates are now directly liable to OCR for HIPAA violations, by not including the business associate function within the health care component, the [...]

[...] billing codes. In May 2014, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the enforcement arm for HIPAA violations, announced a $4.8 million settlement with New York and Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia [...]

[...] of paper, mailings to wrong addresses, uploads to public websites, etc. The penalties for HIPAA violations and data breaches can run into the millions of dollars when you add up forensics, [...]

[...] that you will improve your take-home pay. Why am I taking you through this narrative? Data analysis looks into the past to derive patterns that we can use to predict the future. If we change our [...]

[...] unintentional as with confirmation bias, sometimes it is deliberate. Just remember, all data analysis has some bias in it. As an example, I grabbed the current breach data set from [...]

[...] you. So, uh, Is PCI DSS Effective? In an answer to the previous post, I did a little bit of data analysis to see if we could begin to answer this question. How Starbucks is Revolutionizing Mobile ( [...]