MA AG Settles Cross-border HIPAA and Breach Notification Enforcement Suit: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
So only the state attorney general in the state in which you do business can file a lawsuit against you? Right? No, wrong. A Rhode .. read more
Hackers Gain Access to 4.5 Million Patients’ Data at Community Health Systems: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Attorney/Consultant Alice M. McCart
According to several national news sources, such as Fox4 News Kansas City, CNNMoney, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune, Community .. read more
What Legal Support Services Need to Know About HIPAA: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
Legal support services have become an important part of the legal system. Such services include the following: service of process; obtaining, translating, copying, and assembling .. read more
New $4.8 Million OCR Settlement for HIPAA Violations: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Attorney and EMR Legal Consultant Alice M. McCart
According to a press release issued May 7, 2014, by the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), “Two health .. read more
Possible Defenses to an OCR Investigation into an Alleged HIPAA Violation Now on Premium Member Section: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
In my How to Handle HIPAA and HITECH Act Breaches, Complaints, and Investigations: Everything You Need to Know, Overland Park, KS: Veterans Press (2011), with .. read more
First HIPAA Enforcement Action against a County Government: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Richard D. Dvorak
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) announced in a press release its first HIPAA enforcement action against a county government and .. read more
Is the “Pending Doom” of Windows XP a HIPAA Violation? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
Many, primarily IT vendors, have stated that the pending doom of Windows XP, in which Microsoft will no longer support it after April 8, 2014, .. read more
Report HIPAA Breaches Involving Fewer Than 500 Individuals by February 28! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
45 C.F.R. § 164.408 requires covered entities that discover a breach of unsecured protected health information (“PHI”) to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services .. read more
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
Do Not Create Your Policies without First Doing a Risk Analysis! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
Although I love it when people buy my sample policies to adapt to their situation, we sometimes get asked to comment on policies from our .. read more
