What Do You Do If the HIPAA S**t Hits Your Fan and the Feds Come after You?: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
Many of you will (hopefully) never need the guidance in this blog post. And I have never read a HIPAA blog post or article talking .. read more
Another State Fine for a HIPAA Security Breach: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
As we’ve previously noted in this blog, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”), the Federal Trade .. read more
Back to School: Time for HIPAA Training for Your Workforce: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Alice M. McCart
It’s back-to-school time here in America, so it’s time to think about learning what we need to know and, by expansion, training our people in .. read more
Securing EHRs on Mobile Devices—New NIST Guidance: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The single biggest category of DHHS civil money penalties involves loss or theft of EHRs on mobile devices. The only guidance in the Security Rule .. read more
DHHS Finally to Draft Rule for Sharing HIPAA Civil Money Penalties with Victims: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
DHHS has announced that it will issue the advance notice for receiving comments on proposed rules for sharing a percentage of HIPAA civil money penalties, .. read more
Help for Your New Year’s Resolution to Be HIPAA Compliant: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Alice M. McCart
If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to finally become HIPAA compliant or to bring your HIPAA risk analysis, policies and procedures, and training .. read more
Another HIPAA Criminal Conviction! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
In another HIPAA criminal conviction, a Texas hospital worker has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for criminal HIPAA violations. Joshua Hippler, 30, .. read more
Did You Know That You Were a Torturer if You Breached Patient Confidentiality? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
As if it were not bad enough facing HIPAA’s criminal penalties—a doctor was sentenced to four months in federal prison for accessing celebrity charts just .. read more
Another HIPAA Compliance Violation Conviction! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
On January 18, 2013, a federal district judge sentenced Dale Monroe II to 12 months and one day in federal prison for having sold thousands .. read more
