Will Congress Enact Data Security Breach Provisions This Year – ? Guess What,...
Jeffrey Neuburger By Jeffrey D. Neuburger and Sara Krauss Congress has been dithering over the adoption of a federal data security breach notice law for the last several years without coming to an...
View ArticleDecrypting HHS Guidance on Breach Notification and Security under the HITECH...
Sara Krauss Two months after Congress mandated notification for the breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI), the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) defined what it means to be...
View ArticleNew HIPAA Cop: First AG Settlement for HIPAA Violations
Sara Krauss Last week, the Connecticut Attorney General became the first state attorney general to enter into a settlement agreement for HIPAA violations, as a result of the new authority granted to...
View ArticleCignet Proves That It Is Bad To Violate The HIPPA Privacy Rule, But Worse To...
Sara Krauss Cignet Health (Cignet), which operates four health centers in Maryland, is a little lighter in the wallet after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil...
View ArticleHIPAA Privacy and Security Audit Pilot Program Takes Flight
On November 8, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced details of its HIPAA Privacy and Security Audit Program pursuant to the American Recovery...
View ArticleState Attorney General Action Under HITECH
On January 19, 2012, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson exercised her authority under the HITECH Act by filing a lawsuit against a business associate for the failure to protect protected health...
View ArticleHIPAA/HITECH Final Rule: Significant Changes to Existing Regulations
Ryan Blaney Recently announced changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rule represent one of the most significant developments in health care...
View ArticleDepartment of Health and Human Services Issues Request for Information on...
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued a formal request for information from the public about how regulated entities are implementing industry recognized security practices. The...
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