June 29, 2018 No Private Cause of Action Confirmed in HIPAA District Court Ruling Patients who think that HIPAA Rules have been violated can file a compliant to the Department of Health and [...]
June 20, 2018 Dignity Health Reports Multiple Data Breaches On May 10, 2018, Dignity Health made OCR aware of a data breach impacting patients of its St. Rose [...]
June 19, 2018 What is a HIPAA-Covered Entity? The HIPAA Covered Entity definition seems quite simplistic. The Privacy Rule defines a Covered HIPAA Entity a [...]
June 15, 2018 Legal Actions Submitted Over Alleged HIPAA Breaches Two legal actions have recently been filed in relation to alleged breaches of Health Insurance Portability [...]
June 13, 2018 South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act Signed into Law On May 14, 2018, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster the South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act was [...]
June 12, 2018 Text Messaging Policy for HIPAA Healthcare organizations and other covered entities are required to put in place a HIPAA text messaging [...]
June 10, 2018 Consulting Service for HIPAA HIPAA consulting services are usually firms of compliance specialists with a deep understanding of the Health [...]
June 8, 2018 Can A Patient Take a Legal Action in relation to a HIPAA Breach? Can a patient take a legal action for a HIPAA violation? There is no private cause of action in HIPAA, so a [...]
June 7, 2018 GAO Audit Indicates that Medical Records Can be Difficult and Costly to Obtain A recent audit completed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has shown patients still face many [...]
June 5, 2018 Hospitals & Internet Access Control Before talking about how to limit Internet access in hospitals, it might be a good idea to discuss why [...]