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HHS OCR Announces Largest Civil Monetary Penalty Imposed Since 2021 for Snooping Incident

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Nearly two months after settlement was reached, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) announced on Feb. 6 that it obtained a resolution agreement with Montefiore Medical Center over...more

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OCR Reminds Us about a Fundamental Aspect of Physical Security for PHI

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In its monthly Cybersecurity Newsletter at the end of May, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services pointedly reminds us of the need to be conscious of some fundamental...more

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Sweeping New Colorado Data Privacy Law Impacts Health Care Industry

On May 29, 2018, the governor of Colorado signed into law HB 18-1128 (the “Privacy Law”), which made sweeping changes to Colorado’s data privacy laws and which will affect nearly every Colorado business and government entity....more

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OCR Highlights Importance of Physical Safeguards to Protect PHI

The May 2018 cyber security newsletter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) focused on a topic often overlooked by covered entities and their business associates: physical...more

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Another Key to HIPAA Compliance – Have Policies and Procedures and Implement Them, Too

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On this blog, we have discussed the criticality of risk analyses – the assessment required by the Security Rule of the “risks and vulnerabilities” that an organization faces with respect to all of its electronic protected...more

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HHS Issues Cloud Computing Guidance Which Is Helpful To All Users of Cloud Services

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Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provided guidance for HIPAA covered entities and business associates that use or want to use cloud computing services involving protected...more

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How to Develop a HIPAA Incident Response Team

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Covered entities and business associates are required to identify and report breaches of unsecured protected health information (“PHI”) and security incidents. “Breach” is defined as the acquisition, access, use, or...more

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Business Associates of HIPAA Covered Entities Beware!

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If your organization is a business associate of a HIPAA covered entity (such as a health care provider or employee health benefit plan), you should know that the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights...more

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