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Massachusetts General Reports HIPAA Breach Involving Nearly 10,000 People
Hospitals continue to be considered targets for cyber-attacks Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reported an incident of unauthorized access to computer…
OIG Releases Spring 2019 Semiannual Report to Congress.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its first Semiannual Report (Report)…
Medical Records Company Settles with 16 States and OCR in HIPAA Lawsuit
Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE), a medical records company, and its subsidiaries recently settled with 16 different states’ Attorney Generals (AG)…
For 2019 HIPAA is the Highest Compliance Officer Priority
75% of Compliance Officers are responsible for HIPAA Privacy The Ninth Annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey (Survey) was conducted by…
Mitigating Unauthorized Disclosures of PHI by Employees or Former Employees
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently submitted two reports to select congressional…
OIG Releases FY 2020 Budget Justification.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020…
OIG Releases Annual Publication of Top Management and Performance Challenges.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its annual publication entitled, “The…
Half Way Into 2018 And Data Breaches Have Already Exceeded Last Year’s Totals
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Breach Portal reported that more breaches occurred in the first six months of 2018…
OIG Seeks Comments to Update the Anti-Kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalty Law
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently closed its public comment period on August 24, 2018, for a…
New OCR Guidelines on Software Vulnerabilities and Patching
Computer processors sold in the past 10 years are vulnerable to malware. The Department of Health and Human Services Office…
Updates Work Plan with New Projects for July 2018.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued updates to its OIG Active…
OIG Issues Spring 2018 Semiannual Report to Congress
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released the first Semiannual Report to…