Here are some important Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) reminders and updates. First, on the Security Rule side of things: this past Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and…
A recent study found that 25% of healthcare organizations don’t encrypt their patient’s data in the cloud. Sharing data is a crucial aspect in the doctor-patient relationship and keeping that…
Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic of North Carolina has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle charges that it might have violated the HIPAA Privacy Rule by disclosing protected health information (PHI) for…
You may think you know HIPAA inside and out, but experts say many practices and physicians are making mistakes regarding protected health information (PHI) that could get them into big…
The grim message following a breach that has endangered sensitive data belonging to 80 million current and former Anthem health insurance customers is that we can only expect more health care data breaches in the future.