AMA/AHA Security Recommendations for Mitigating COVID-19 Cyber Risks: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
It isn’t exactly HIPAA, but because the Security Rule’s Security Management Process, 45 C.F.R. § 164.306(a), certainly requires covered entities and business associates to maintain .. read more
Important Government Warnings about Ransomware: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
You may think that I am going overboard with all my recent blogs about ransomware. But I’m not. It is that much of a problem. .. read more
HIPAA Violations Are Still Mostly People, Not Technology: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
I learned a long time ago, when I served in that contradiction of terms, military intelligence, that the big risk, at that time to defense .. read more
OCR Relaxes Telemedicine Enforcement During Coronavirus Pandemic: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has authorized HIPAA covered entity providers to communicate with patients .. read more
Coronavirus and Ransomware—What Do They Have in Common? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
Well, the short answer is that both coronavirus and ransomware are harmful. And both of them are infections. So-called Project Spy, for example, infects Android .. read more
HIPAA & CORONAVIRUS BLOG POST 4―Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications during the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
Roger Severino, the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has announced that OCR .. read more
HIPAA and Working at Home in the Age of the Coronavirus: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
I got this question from an attendee of one of my recent HIPAA webinars: “We are a medical billing company in the State of [redacted]. .. read more
HIPAA and Coronavirus: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
In case you missed it, the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently issued a bulletin titled HIPAA Privacy .. read more
Jon Tomes Will Be Presenting an All-Day, Live, and In-Person HIPAA Seminar in San Francisco in 3 Weeks: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Alice M. McCart, J.D.
If you will be in San Francisco about 3 weeks from now and need HIPAA compliance training, go to https://www.compliancekey.us/seminar-details?industryId=3&seminarid=36&speakerid=124 to sign up. The HIPAA .. read more
HIPAA and Patient Portals: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
Regardless of how comfortable one is with high-tech methods of communicating with patients, little doubt exists that patient portals are here to stay. As you .. read more
