Partner Colin Zick speaks with BNA’s Health Care Daily Report™ on what providers and medical institutions can expect from the future of HIPAA audits and why self-auditing is so important. Click here to read the full article. More
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Cybersecurity 2017 – The Year In Preview: HIPAA Compliance
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a continuing end-of-year series. See our previous posts on trade secrets and state regulation and law enforcement. Up next: the changing threat landscape.
The year ahead promises to be a busy one for those with responsibility for HIPAA compliance, as the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), charged with enforcing HIPAA, continues to lean in to compliance initiatives and addresses new questions in the rapidly-evolving healthcare information technology environment.… More
Watch: HIPAA Crimes Webinar – How the New Crime Wave Affects You
Unfortunately, health care providers are the perfect mark for theft and extortion because they have huge amounts of sensitive information and maintain such information in computer databases at risk of infiltration. On May 17, Foley Hoag presented a webinar discussing the ongoing crime sprees involving theft of patients’ identities and health information; ransomware involved in these crimes; related data security issues affecting health care providers; and how they implicate law enforcement and the criminal law aspects of HIPAA.… More
Top Tips for OCR HIPAA Audit Preparation
Written by Elizabeth Snell | This article was originally published on HealthITSecurity.com
The recently announced OCR HIPAA audits are not a cause for panic, according to experts, especially of organizations have proper documentation.
With the most recent round of OCR HIPAA audits announced just last month, many healthcare organizations are working to ensure that they are prepared should they be called for investigation.… More