Lack of Business Associate Agreement Costs $500,000! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
Advanced Care Hospitalists PL (“ACH”) recently settled a Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) enforcement action for $500,000 for .. read more
EHR Vendor Settles False Claims Act Violation Case for $57.25 Million: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
So what does HIPAA have do to with the Federal False Claims Act? As simply stated as possible, the Meaningful Use criteria for getting government .. read more
Off-Topic Blog Item by Alice M. McCart: Christian Faith Publishing Brings out New Novel by Jonathan P. Tomes, Ghost 6 and the Bright Blue Blade
The novel is up on Amazon and will be in Barnes & Noble, on Kindle, and so forth soon. Here is a trailer for it: .. read more
Is Honey Trapping a Risk for Health Information? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
In the past few years, I have written a series of short stories about Womble, known among his colleagues in the CIA as the god .. read more
DHHS Seeks Your Comments: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) has issued a Request for Information (“RFI”), seeking public comments .. read more
20 Plus Years of HIPAA and What Have We Got?: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Alice M. McCart, J.D.
The Quinnipiac Health Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (2018), of Quinnipiac School of Law, just published Jon’s most recent scholarly article. This article is .. read more
DHHS OIG Finds Deficiencies in FDA Policies and Procedures to Address Cybersecurity Risk in Postmarket Medical Devices: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
As a follow-on to the previous three blog posts addressing the mIoT—that is, the medical Internet of Things―an Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) audit .. read more
More about Medical Internet of Things (“MIoT”) Risks: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
In my previous blog post, I discussed the need to evaluate the risks of the Internet of Things (“IoT”) for HIPAA compliance generally. In this .. read more
Risk and the Internet of Things (“IoT”): HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The Internet of Things (“IoT”) is a concept that is becoming more and more important in HIPAA compliance. The Internet of Things generally is the .. read more
How Does a $16 Million HIPAA Violation Settlement Grab You? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has announced the biggest HIPAA violation settlement yet—that is, $16 million, smashing .. read more
