By Matt Fisher – The HIPAA Privacy Rule is an aspect of HIPAA that does not necessarily receive much attention. Most of the recent settlements and breach actions related to violations of the HIPAA Security Rule. The Security Rule offers more glamour from the press perspective because cybersecurity, hacking and other activities attract headlines.
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By Matt Fisher – The 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference promises to showcase many new developments in the health IT field and highlight key areas of focus. In what will not likely be a surprise based on the focus of my blogging, I anticipate that privacy and security will be a primary focus.
PwC’s Health Research Institute new report highlights the top 10 issues expected to have the greatest impact on the industry this year and offers a look back at key trends that will help shape the coming year. So, what will 2016 bring us?
By Matt Fisher – The OCR at the Department of Health and Human Services sent out an email on February 2, 2016 to announce the launch of a cyber-awareness for the healthcare industry. OCR recognizes the danger faced by healthcare from an array of bad actors and the need to spread information.
By Mac McMillan – At HIMSS16 I will have the pleasure of taking the stage with two healthcare CISOs who are passionate about their craft and working to make a difference in their organizations, Chuck Kesler of Duke Medicine and Jay Adams of Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. We’ll be talking about: HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity.
By Irv H. Lichtenwald – Not that long ago, healthcare worried mostly about the physical loss of personal health information (PHI) by way of a lost thumb drive, a stolen laptop, some misplaced paper files. These were the primary concerns in HIMSS initial 2008 security survey.
Five years later, the largest healthcare security breaches came from cyber attacks not lost or stolen devices.
By Matt Fisher – Every industry, whether it be healthcare, financial, or anything else, is under constant attack or threat to digital information. This is not news, especially in light of the numerous stories about breaches from Target to Hyatt Hotels to voter databases to health insurers and more.
Last month Congress passed a cybersecurity bill as part of the 2016 Omnibus budget. The bill formalizes the information sharing process among industry and government and recognizes the importance of a healthcare industry specific cybersecurity approach.
2015 was a critical year in the revenue cycle management space, presenting challenges for many providers looking to keep their bottom line above the red. We were there to cover it all in RCM Answers first year, thanks to ZirMed’s sponsorship and support of this site.