Lack of Business Associate Agreement Costs $500,000! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
Advanced Care Hospitalists PL (“ACH”) recently settled a Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) enforcement action for $500,000 for .. read more
Who Knew HIPAA Could Harm Data Security? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
Earlier this month, in response to a request by Congress, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (“CHIME”) reported that complying with HIPAA is not .. read more
New Guidance on Mobile Device Security: The New Standard of Care? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (“NCCoE”), in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”), has released its final guidance on the .. read more
HIPAA Security Rule: A Major Failure? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The 2019 Breach Barometer Report is not good news for the health care industry in that it demonstrates a massive increase in exposed health records .. read more
EHR Vendor Settles False Claims Act Violation Case for $57.25 Million: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
So what does HIPAA have do to with the Federal False Claims Act? As simply stated as possible, the Meaningful Use criteria for getting government .. read more
Off-Topic Blog Item by Alice M. McCart: Christian Faith Publishing Brings out New Novel by Jonathan P. Tomes, Ghost 6 and the Bright Blue Blade
The novel is up on Amazon and will be in Barnes & Noble, on Kindle, and so forth soon. Here is a trailer for it: .. read more
DHHS Issues New Cybersecurity Best Practices: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) recently issued voluntary cybersecurity best practices for health care organizations and guidelines for managing cyber threats .. read more
Is Honey Trapping a Risk for Health Information? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
In the past few years, I have written a series of short stories about Womble, known among his colleagues in the CIA as the god .. read more
DHHS Seeks Your Comments: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) has issued a Request for Information (“RFI”), seeking public comments .. read more
20 Plus Years of HIPAA and What Have We Got?: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Alice M. McCart, J.D.
The Quinnipiac Health Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (2018), of Quinnipiac School of Law, just published Jon’s most recent scholarly article. This article is .. read more
