New Guidance on Posting, Texting, and Email for Doctors: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The Annals of Internal Medicine, from the American College of Physicians and the Federation of State Medical Boards, updated the guidelines previously published by the .. read more
Complete HIPAA Compliance: Hands-On Workshop: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Veterans Press Marketing Director Patrick R. Head II
Are your HIPAA compliance policies and procedures up to date? Have you recently performed a risk analysis or a compliance audit or examined the new .. read more
Did You Know That You Were a Torturer if You Breached Patient Confidentiality? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
As if it were not bad enough facing HIPAA’s criminal penalties—a doctor was sentenced to four months in federal prison for accessing celebrity charts just .. read more
Can You Encrypt an iPad? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
A client recently asked me whether her organization could encrypt iPads that contained PHI. The answer is yes. Encryption, of course, is an addressable implementation .. read more
HIPAA Compliance and the FTC: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Richard D. Dvorak
On June 6–7, 2012, I attended the NIST/OCR HIPAA Security Rule Conference at the Ronald Reagan Center, Washington, DC. The Federal Trade Commission’s Division of .. read more
You’d Better Not Control Your Business Associate’s Performance! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The Omnibus Rule, fleshing out the HIPAA changes in the HITECH Act, clarified when covered entities and business associates would be liable for breaches of .. read more
Compliance Hit: Expanded Liability for Business Associates’ Breaches: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
The HITECH Act expanded the liability of business associates in a number of ways, primarily by making them face the same civil and criminal liability .. read more
Risk Analysis Change for Breach Notification: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS’”) released its draft long-anticipated Omnibus Rule amending the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification .. read more
New Compliance Burden–HITECH Omnibus Rule Is Out! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes
On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) published in the Federal Register the HITECH Omnibus Rule to implement the HIPAA .. read more
Addressable Implementation Specification Matrix Posted on Premium Member Section
Under the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), a covered entity must .. read more
