- Shellshock – New Vulnerability that Healthcare Sector must address now
As the federal tally of major breaches increased to a total of 1074 incidents affecting 33.7 million individuals since 2009, there are more such incidents added to the list every day.
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- Small Breach but Big Price for HIPAA Violation
While there has been continued emphasis on the need for conducting risk analysis and encrypting data, there are still many providers who are yet to take these calls for action seriously.
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- Staying Prepared for an MU Audit” – An Imperative Not to be Ignored
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at least one in 20 MU attesters will undergo a meaningful use audit, of which 50 percent are more likely to undergo a pre-payment audit. - See more at: http://www.egestalt.com/blog/2014/04/21/staying-prepared-for-an-mu-audit-an-imperative-not-to-be-ignored/#sthash.DhdOXIHF.dpuf
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- Surviving OCR Breach Investigations & Audits with Tips from HIPAA Expert
With the OCR ramping up enforcement activities, and issuing a number of HIPAA compliance settlements, it has become imperative for healthcare entities to act swiftly, and meet all the requirements to successfully survive any OCR breach investigations and upcoming audits.
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- The Culprits behind Health Data Breaches
In the last month alone, 30 incidents were added to the list. Find out the main causes of these breaches
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- Thorough Risk Assessment-The Need of the Hour
Conducting ongoing risk assessment is the key to tackling the upcoming HIPAA audits. Verne Rinker, a Health Information Privacy Specialist of the HHS Office of Civil Rights, in an interview with Information Security Media Group, revealed that out of the 115 entities audited during the pilot program last year, two-thirds had either non-existent or inaccurate risk assessments.
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- Treating PHI as a Business Asset – OCR’s HIPAA Compliance Insights
Patient Health Information (PHI) is as important an asset as any other. Healthcare providers and business associates therefore have to ensure that they protect patient records as they would protect any other significant business asset.
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- Two Huge Data Breaches Headed to the Wall of Shame
With the ‘Wall of Shame’ having a fewer number of breaches added in the past month, and the breaches of 2013 so far being much smaller than the alarming numbers of the past year, there was a sense of mild relief felt in the healthcare sector.
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- Unencrypted Data- An Ongoing Problem
Stolen or lost unencrypted devices have always posed a significant threat to healthcare entities throughout the United States for quite some time now. And a new breach report by the California Attorney General’s office confirms an ongoing problem.
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- Unraveling the Details of Second Round of HIPAA Audits
Unlike the usual HIPAA audits conducted earlier, round two of the HIPAA audits is to be a limited number of focused "desk audits," along with a comprehensive on-site audits, performed by none other than the staff of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.
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- Unraveling the Details of Second Round of HIPAA Audits
Unlike the usual HIPAA audits conducted earlier, round two of the HIPAA audits is to be a limited number of focused "desk audits," along with a comprehensive on-site audits, performed by none other than the staff of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.
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- Webinar: How to Meet HIPAA Omnibus Compliance Using Aegify SecureGRC
Join eGestalt webinar on Dec 4, 2013 to learn how to meet HIPAA Omnibus Compliance requirements.
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- Whopping HIPAA Fines in the Offing – Stay Prepared
Did you always think compliance with HIPAA was cumbersome and expensive? Think again! Its non-compliance that can cause you twice the trouble
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- Whopping HIPAA Fines in the Offing – Stay Prepared
Did you always think compliance with HIPAA was cumbersome and expensive? Think again! Its non-compliance that can cause you twice the trouble
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- Wrapping-Up HIPAA Compliance Chores
The HIPAA enforcement deadline is here, and healthcare entities have been busy finishing up compliance tasks. Updating business associate agreements-which is necessitated by the HIPAA Omnibus rule where business associates and their subcontractors are, for the first time, directly liable for compliance under HIPAA.
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