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HIPAA Compliance: Identity & Asset Management Looms Large?

Carlos Leyva
March 21, 2012 21:32

Over the next few years you are going be hearing a lot about identity and asset management in the HITECH/HIPAA privacy and security space. Identity and asset management are foundational to the implementation of the HIPAA Security Rule. PwC recently...Over the next few years you are going be hearing...

HIPAA Compliance: the 80/20 Rule & why you shouldn't major in the minors?

Carlos Leyva
March 20, 2012 21:31

There are no PHI risk free environments. NONE. OK to most compliance professionals this is common sense, but we all know how uncommon that often is. There is simply no budget big enough and not enough hours in your organization's...There are no PHI risk free environments. NONE. OK to most...

First Enforcement Action Resulting From a Breach Self-Report Announced by OCR

Greg Jacobs
March 16, 2012 13:43

This post was written by Nancy E. Bonifant and Brad M. Rostolsky. On March 13, 2012 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced its settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST), marking the first enforcement action resulting from a breach...

No Disruption in the Healthcare Industry without Privacy & Security?

Carlos Leyva
March 15, 2012 14:33

We refuse to continue writing about the data breach du jour. There are simply many in the healthcare industry that prefer the Ostrich Strategy than making meaningful progress. Unfortunately, there is nothing (short of death and being replaced by the...We refuse to continue writing about the data...

MSBCBS of TN Settles HIPAA/HITECH Violation for $1.5M

March 14, 2012 17:13

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of $1.5M with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) relating to potential violations under the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. According to the OCR press release, the enforcement action by OCR is the first reported as resulting...