HIPAA Compliance Hands-on Workshop Survivors, Congratulations and Thanks! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Patrick R. Head II, Veterans Press and EMR Legal Director of Marketing
EMR Legal and Veterans Press would like to congratulate and thank all the survivors of the first ever Complete HIPAA Compliance: Hands-on Workshop, conducted May .. read more
National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) HIPAA Presenter: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Richard D. Dvorak
Richard D. Dvorak, HIPAA presenter and round table director at the National Home Infusion Association (“NHIA”) annual conference in Dallas, Texas, April 8-10, 2013 is .. read more
Complete HIPAA Compliance: Hands-On Workshop: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Veterans Press Marketing Director Patrick R. Head II
Are your HIPAA compliance policies and procedures up to date? Have you recently performed a risk analysis or a compliance audit or examined the new .. 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
Can You Encrypt an iPad? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
A client recently asked me whether her organization could encrypt iPads that contained PHI. The answer is yes. Encryption, of course, is an addressable implementation .. read more
You’d Better Not Control Your Business Associate’s Performance! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The Omnibus Rule, fleshing out the HIPAA changes in the HITECH Act, clarified when covered entities and business associates would be liable for breaches of .. read more
Compliance Hit: Expanded Liability for Business Associates’ Breaches: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The HITECH Act expanded the liability of business associates in a number of ways, primarily by making them face the same civil and criminal liability .. read more
Risk Analysis Change for Breach Notification: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS’”) released its draft long-anticipated Omnibus Rule amending the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification .. read more
New Compliance Burden–HITECH Omnibus Rule Is Out! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) published in the Federal Register the HITECH Omnibus Rule to implement the HIPAA .. read more
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
