By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights is now seeking comments on whether certain aspects of the HIPAA privacy and security rules should be modified. The Request for Information is purely a solicitation of comments and ideas from the public on whether or how HIPAA could be modified. The post HIPAA: Open Season […]

By Matt Fisher – After a slow start to the year in terms of HIPAA settlement, the OCR is trying to finish the year with a bang. Since September 20, 2018, OCR has announced four different HIPAA settlements. The nature of the conduct underlying each settlement has varied widely. The post Picking Up the Pace: […]

By William A. Hyman – In the continued theme of easing burdens previously created, HHS now wants to know, via a Request for Information, how HIPAA rules “may impede the transformation to value-based health care” or “limit or discourage coordinated care among individuals and… The post Next Up is the HIPAA Burden appeared first on […]

LAST HIPAA CHAT OF THE YEAR! Join our webinar Q&A where we answer your questions on HIPAA. On our last HIPAA Chat for the year, host David Harlow and his guest, national expert Art Gross, discuss the biggest topics of the year, and how you can better prepare yourself for security and compliance in 2019. […]

Attend the next HIPAA Chat …… On our last HIPAA Chat for the year, host David Harlow and his guest, national expert Art Gross, discuss the biggest topics of the year, and how you can better prepare yourself for security and compliance in 2019. The post Don’t Miss the Next HIPAA Chat Tomorrow! appeared first […]

By Sheba Vine – HIPAA provides patients with fundamental rights to access, inspect and obtain a copy of their health information for as long as the information is maintained by the healthcare provider (covered entity) regardless of the date created, format of the PHI or where the PHI originated. The post Handling Requests to Access […]

By Shane Whitlatch – It can be helpful to think of good compliance practices as preventive maintenance. It’s easier to have prepared all along than have to scramble to prove compliance when an audit comes up. The post Eight Best Practices to Prepare for an OCR HIPAA Audit appeared first on HITECH Answers: HIPAA, MIPS, […]

By Art Gross – On September 20, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced a fine of $ 999,000 for three Boston hospitals, all of which violated HIPAA while allowing ABC’s TV series “Boston Med” to film the show in their facilities. The post HIPAA Violations During ‘Boston Med’ Filming […]

Join our Q&A where we answer your questions on HIPAA. Topics for September event: Blockchain and HIPAA Does putting PHI on the blockchain satisfy HIPAA? Is Blockchain secure? What does a distributed ledger mean for security and HIPAA? Which use cases are ready today and which are pie in the sky?       Our […]