by admin | Apr 24, 2017 | Featured, Health Data, News
By Julie-Karel Elkin Two organizations were given fines for HIPAA violations in the past week—one for $31,000 and the other for $2.5 million. Both show how not understanding and complying with guidelines can rack up some major dollars. The first violation resulted in...
by admin | Apr 13, 2017 | Featured, Health Data, News
By Julie-Karel Elkin “[Metro Community Provider Network] provides primary medical care, dental care, pharmacies, social work, and behavioral health care services throughout the greater Denver, Colorado metropolitan area to approximately 43,000 patients per year, a...
by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | Featured, Health Data, News
By Julie-Karel Elkin On March 24, 2017, Urology Austin sent out notification letters to nearly 289,000 patients informing them of an incident that occurred in January. As quoted by DataBreaches.net: “On January 22, 2017, Urology Austin was the victim of a ransomware...
by admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Featured, Health Data, News
By Julie-Karel Elkin Act Now: Compliance with HIPAA, HITECH and all the other rules and regulations, as irritating as they may be, is mandatory, and requirements continue to expand. Refusing to address it in a serious way can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in...
by admin | Mar 15, 2017 | Featured, Health Data, News
By Julie-Karel Elkin To Date: 1,857 Entries on the Wall of Shame What wall of shame? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services actually keeps a record, as required by law, of reported breaches affecting 500 or more individuals’ personal health information, and,...
