Tag: HIPAA

Posted : April 3, 2024

Nursing Facility Fined $100,000 for Delaying Patient Re...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has p...

Posted : March 19, 2024

Protecting Patient Privacy: OCR’s Response to the Cha...

In recent years, the intersection of healthcare and cyb...

Posted : February 7, 2024

Insider Cybersecurity Breach Costs Hospital $4.75 Milli...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

Posted : July 15, 2021

STOP Ransomware

The US Government has escalated their war against ranso...

Posted : May 26, 2021

Lessons learned from my Grandmother

Many years ago, I watched my “abuela” (grandmother)...

Posted : April 7, 2020

COVID 19 Fraud Schemes

Fear and changes create opportunities and, sad to say, ...

Posted : April 6, 2020

Telemedicine Updates and Recommendations

On an almost daily basis I read something new regarding...

Posted : November 11, 2019

$1.6 Million Penalty against Texas Health and Human Ser...

Texas Health and Human Services Commission received a $...

Posted : October 2, 2019

Medical Record Releases and HIPAA

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...

Posted : October 2, 2019

Security Risk Analysis Season

Look at that…it’s that time of year again. Wher...

Posted : October 2, 2019

Encryption

Encryption is a common topic that we seem to be address...

Posted : January 22, 2019

SCAMS TARGETING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

We all have received at least one call or message telli...