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avatar New Wall of Shame Format: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes

Before discussing the new format, note that almost 800 covered entities are now memorialized, so to speak, on the Big Breacher website (my name for .. read more

avatar 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

avatar 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

avatar New Resource Posted for Premium Members

The $1 million settlement by Massachusetts General for what has come to be known as the “Million Dollar Subway Ride,” for the loss of paper .. read more

avatar Is It a HIPAA Breach?

I thought that I would try something different for this blog post. I’m going to describe a common HIPAA potential breach and ask questions about .. read more

avatar Updated Portable Computer Policy Posted in the Premium Member Section

As my blog post of September 17, 2012, noted, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (“MEEI”) and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc. (“MEEA”), entered .. read more

avatar Ignorance of the HIPAA Criminal Statute Is No Defense

Huping Zhou, a former research assistant for the University of California at Los Angeles (“UCLA”) Health System (“UHS”), appealed his conviction for having accessed the .. read more

avatar Fake Doctor Sentenced for Fraud and Criminal HIPAA Violation

According to a press release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Atlanta Division, Matthew Paul Brown, 30, formerly of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to .. read more

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