In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a Florida hospital notifying 9,900 patients that a former employee inappropriately accessed their records with the apparent intent to commit fraud.
Attorney Ellen Giblin describes who should be involved in determining whether a breach should be reported in compliance with the new breach notification requirements of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule. She also offers other compliance insights.
The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking speedy approval of its controversial proposal to require state health insurance exchanges to report data breaches within one hour of discovery.
HHS proposes that state insurance exchanges report data breaches within one hour after discovering them. CIO Curt Kwak of the Washington state exchange explains why compliance with such a rule would be challenging.
Some organizations may need to reconsider how they assess whether incidents are reportable breaches under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, explains privacy expert Kate Borten.
What's it take to track down and modify hundreds of business associate contracts to ensure HIPAA Omnibus compliance? Shallie Bryant of CaroMont Health shares insight and tips from her experience.
Federal regulators are proposing that the state health insurance exchanges created under healthcare reform must report data breaches within an hour. Is that a reasonable requirement?
Despite the new instructions on breach notification in the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, there's still plenty of uncertainty about what constitutes a "compromise" of data that triggers notification, says privacy attorney Adam Greene.
In 2012, Experian Data Breach Resolution dealt with 1700 breaches - 800 of them in the healthcare sector. What are the common gaps for organizations looking to comply with new HIPAA Omnibus standards?
Within Experian's caseload, there are three common types of targets: Major state databases; smaller healthcare...
In 2012, Experian® Data Breach Resolution dealt with 1700 breaches - 800 of them in the healthcare sector. What are the common gaps for organizations looking to comply with new HIPAA Omnibus standards?
Consumer advocate Deven McGraw says many provisions in the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, including better breach notification guidance and expansion of HIPAA liability to business associates, will provide substantial benefits to patients.
A conference hosted by the HHS Office for Civil Rights and the National Institute of Standards and Technology will provide insights on HIPAA Omnibus Rule compliance as well as other hot health data security topics.
With over 870,000 medical records exposed in data breaches in just the first quarter of 2013, medical data breaches have become a source of chronic pain for healthcare organizations. Adding to this complexity is the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule.
Looking at a multitude of studies and research, it's clear that data...
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a class action lawsuit against a VA hospital following the loss of a laptop and the discovery of records in an abandoned mental health facility.
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