Compliance March 29, 2017 Severino Appointed as Director of HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Former civil rights trial attorney Roger Severino has been appointed, by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, to lead its ... Read more
Security Breaches March 22, 2017 Doctor Breached HIPAA Privacy Rule Through Social Media Retaliation An employee at the Dr. O Medical and Wellness Center in San Antonio, Texas as been sanctioned by the Texas Medical Board after allegedly retaliating ... Read more
Compliance March 8, 2017 AHIMA Releases Updated HIPAA Compliance Audit Toolkit The second phase of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights HIPAA compliance audits has begun. Towards the end of 2017, ... Read more
Compliance February 27, 2017 Deadline for Small Healthcare Data Breach Notification is March 1 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Breach Notification Rule stated that all covered organizations must make violations of unsecured electronic protected health information known ... Read more
Trends & Reports February 24, 2017 Texting, Social Media, & Case Walkthrough HIPAA Guidance to be Published in 2017 Recently at HIMSS17, OCR’s Deven McGraw outlined the HIPAA guidance OCR expects to publish in 2017. OCR may be busy reviewing the findings of the ... Read more
