by admin | May 23, 2015 | HIPAA
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), charged with enforcing the privacy, security and breach provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), has confirmed it has dispatched preliminary...
by admin | Mar 2, 2015 | HIPAA
The massive data breach of almost 80 million records of health care consumers insured by Anthem has been linked to the Chinese, according to a report in the Washington Post. “The malware is so unique — the digital signature is so precise — in these two incidents...
by admin | Feb 9, 2015 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
The theft of the personally identifiable data of 80 million policyholders of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield from the company’s database pinpoints a flaw in federal privacy standards, which do not require data encryption but merely encourage it. Under the...
by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | HHS, HIPAA
The compliance deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Omnibus Final Rule, issued in January 2013, has arrived. By tomorrow (Sept. 23, 2014), both covered entities and business associates need to be in full compliance with the...
by admin | Sep 12, 2014 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) was set to begin HIPAA audits of covered entities and business associates next month, but the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is still constructing a Web portal to help in the process, thus delaying the start, according...
by Girish Anand | Jun 17, 2014 | Health Care Reform, HHS, HIPAA
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has collected $10 million in fines since June 2013 for breaches of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which protects patients' medical privacy, but...