• Addressing Information Security Threats & Challenges in Healthcare
  Every healthcare business is vulnerable, and therefore needs an effective means to deal with ever-growing threats and challenges. In an interview with Healthcare Info Security, Lee Kim, the Director of Privacy and Security at HIMSS discussed the issues faced by the healthcare industry and offered insights. - See more at: http://www.egestalt.com/blog/2013/09/12/addressing-information-security-threats-challenges-in-healthcare/#sthash.SWP9K8UN.dpuf
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• Canada’s New Visa Rule – Mandatory Biometrics from Thirty Jurisdictions
  Canada has made biometrics mandatory for the nationals of thirty Jurisdictions applying for Canadian visitor visas, study permits, or work permits, commencing 2013. Applicants seeking to enter Canada will now have to provide finger prints and digital photographs.
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• Expert Tips for Winning IT Security Funding
  For most information security officers, winning funds for IT security investments remains one of the top challenges. While on the one hand the healthcare industry is seeing rigorous enforcement of information security regulations, on the other, most healthcare entities are yet to understand the importance of investing in information security measures.
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• Gearing up for the Next Round of HIPAA Audits? Start by Getting Your Documentation in Place
  With the OCR not indulging in follow-up questions this time around, healthcare enterprises are deprived of the opportunity of clarifying matters with the auditors.
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• HIPAA Omnibus Rule to Hold BA Directly Liable for HIPAA Compliance
  With a number covered entities not even knowing who their business associates are, it is no surprise that there are many of them dealing with the challenge of ensuring that their business associates are HIPAA compliant.
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• Insights as you Broach Breach Prevention in 2014
  Breach prevention is a crucial goal for every healthcare entity. While you want to avoid the pain caused to your organization in the event of a breach, you also want to protect the interest of your patients and health plan members.
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• Lack of Encryption Causes Major Breach, Yet Again
  There has been enough and more said about the importance of encryption in safeguarding protected health information (PHI). But data breaches resulting due to lack of encryption continue to fill up the ‘wall of shame’, with the latest addition being a breach reported by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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• Legal Tips for HIPAA Omnibus Compliance
  With the HIPAA Omnibus rule compliance deadline set for September 23rd this year, it’s time to accelerate compliance and security measures and make sure you leave no avenue for a breach. Industry experts and law firms have been providing valuable insights into the final rule and have been suggesting best practices for covered entities since the rule was announced on January 18th.
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• Lessons Learned From the ‘Wall of Shame’
  The HIPAA breach notification rule came into effect in September 2009. According to federal authorities, in these four years, the ‘Wall of Shame’ has seen 674 major breaches that affected a total of 27 million individuals.
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• Milestones to Cross Before the HIPAA Enforcement Deadline
  The HIPAA omnibus enforcement deadline of September 23rd is fast approaching, and with less than two months left, it’s time for covered entities and business associates to spruce up compliance efforts and tick-off tasks in the to-do list.
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• Not HIPAA Compliant Yet? Time to Look in the Mirror
  Government statements indicate that Health data breaches have been growing at a disturbing rate. Are you HIPPA Compliant?
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• Number of Data Breach Victims Doubled in 2013
  With contributions of a few mega healthcare data breaches in 2013, the number of individuals affected now is more than twice the number in 2012.
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• Permanent HIPAA Audit Program to Begin in 2014
  The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights had earlier announced that the audit program would resume in the fiscal year 2014. The latest update is that federal regulators are planning a permanent HIPAA audit program that would begin next year.
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• Revamp of HIPAA Disclosures Rule Endorsed
  Safeguarding patient health information has always remained one of the top priorities for healthcare. To further this interest, federal advisors have spelled out revisions to the HIPAA Accounting of Disclosures Rule.
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• Revisions to Civil Penalty Structure – What This Means to Healthcare
  The HIPAA Omnibus rule has held the attention of healthcare entities for some time now, and with this final rule coming to effect, covered entities have to give significant consideration to the potential civil penalties related to the HITECH Act, which are now associated with the rule.
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• Rodriguez’s Thoughts & Guidance on HIPAA Enforcement
  In the keynote presentation at the HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum in Boston on 23rd September, the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Leon Rodriguez addressed the areas of focus for the HIPAA enforcement actions to be undertaken by OCR, and gave specific perspective advice for organizations that are under the purview of OCR.
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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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• Tally of breach incidents grows by a whopping 67 percent a year after HIPAA Omnibus Rule!
  The largest breach added to the wall of shame since the enforcement of HIPAA Omnibus rule is the hacker attack at Community Health Systems resulting in 4.5 million affected individuals
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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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• 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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