OCR Director: “Tolerance for HIPAA Non-Compliance Is Low”
The Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) hosted the annual .. read more
More Info on DHHS HIPAA Audits | HIPAA Compliance
Susan McAndrew, deputy director of the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), has announced that OCR has completed the first 20 audits mandated by the HITECH .. read more
Ignorance of the HIPAA Criminal Statute Is No Defense
Huping Zhou, a former research assistant for the University of California at Los Angeles (“UCLA”) Health System (“UHS”), appealed his conviction for having accessed the .. read more
Upcoming 5th Annual Conference on Safeguarding Health Information With Guest Commentator Richard D. Dvorak
National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) and Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) are co-hosting the 5th annual .. read more
Don’t Want to Bother with HIPAA Compliance? Budget For DHHS Settlement
The Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) announced yesterday in a press release that, after a lengthy investigation, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) .. read more
HIPAA Breach in Washington, DC.
If I don’t have a topic for a blog entry, all I apparently have to do is to wait a few days, and someone will .. read more
Self-Incrimination | HIPAA Breach
The Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) has reported that it has reached a settlement resulting from a covered entity’s report pursuant to the .. read more
Will HIPAA Enforcement Increase Due to Training? Guest Writer Richard D. Dvorak
As Jonathan P. Tomes mentioned in his blog post of January 30, 2012, on January 19, 2012, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed the first .. read more
Proposed Budget Cuts for HIPAA Enforcement—Hardly a Help
The president’s proposed fiscal 2013 budget may appear helpful to covered entities and business associates that are concerned with HIPAA compliance. The budget calls for .. read more
