The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will update the HIPAA Security Rule in 2024 and will ask Congress for new laws and resources to...
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Even an ‘Internal Breach’ is a Breach According to an announcement on its website, Alabama-based DCH Health Systems fired an employee for accessing...
Jeremiah Fowler with the WebsitePlanet research term recently shared that they discovered over 1 billion records from a non-password protected CVS Health...
(Fun Friday’s HIPAA vs. HIPPA chart reminded me of an oldie-but-goodie article I wrote years ago to help you always spell HIPAA correctly. And I hate it...
Safe Harbor for Implementing a Government-Recognized Cybersecurity Program On January 5, President Trump signed a new law providing Safe Harbor for HIPAA...
Why is There Still So Much Confusion, Denial, and Deception? The Office for Civil Rights just announced a $ 3 million penalty against Touchstone Medical...
HHS says Security and Compliance Require Actions, then Policies The common-sense, scalable, and actionable cybersecurity guidance recently released by the US...
My good friend, Mike Semel from Semel Consulting, has put together an amazing business continuity resource for healthcare organizations. Of course, a lot of...
After Mike Semel’s recent post on embarrassment, career suicide, or jail, it may seem a bit ironic to offer some healthcare security humor. That’s...
What You Can Learn from the Russian Army, the US Navy, and a Suspended Nurse The General Counsel at one of our clients is a former district attorney who...