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Federal regulators have smacked a Georgia-based ambulance company with a $65,000 financial settlement and corrective action plan in a case involving "Longstanding" HIPAA compliance issues. OCR's says its investigation "Uncovered longstanding noncompliance" with the HIPAA rules, including failures to conduct a risk analysis, provide a security awareness and training program and implement HIPAA Security Rule policies and procedures.
How Common is it for Individuals to Remember PINs or Passwords Set by Entities Holding the Information They're Requesting?Humans have enough things to remember as it is and remembering yet another...
OCR Says Organization Dropped the Ball on Breach Reporting, Business Associate AgreementFederal regulators have slapped Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Hospitals with a $2.2 million HIPAA settlement...
Settlement With University of Rochester Medical Center, Penalty for Texas HHS CommissionFederal regulators have slapped two more organizations with hefty HIPAA enforcement fines. They also...
Regulators Say Case Involved Series of ViolationsFederal regulators have smacked Jackson Health System with a $2.1 million civil monetary penalty for a series of HIPAA violations. The case is one...
Ensuring Patients' Rights to Access Records a Top PriorityEnforcing patients' rights under HIPAA to access their health information - including via health apps - is a top policy initiative at the...
As part of their commitment to be “The HIPAA Compliance Platform for Healthcare Organizations,” Medcurity has released Customizable Security Policies and Procedures and Business Associate...
HHS Would Consider an Organization's Security Measures Before Issuing FinesBipartisan healthcare legislation that a Senate health committee passed on Wednesday includes a provision that would...
Datadog, the leading monitoring and analytics platform for modern cloud environments, announced that its Log Management service has met requirements for the Health Insurance Portability and...
New Guidance Clarifies BA's Responsibility to Safeguard PHIFederal regulators have issued new guidance clarifying when a business associate can be held directly liable for compliance with the...