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Over the course of the past few months, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), both of which are divisions of the U.S. Department of Health and...more
We’ve talked before about the FTC’s focus on consumer health privacy. In cases against BetterHelp and GoodRx, a blog post announcing rules it intends to enforce in the space, and a report summarizing its recent privacy and...more
Companies in all industries and of all sizes are evaluating sophisticated and useful technology for their websites and applica- tions (their “apps”) in an effort to enhance and develop their image or brand and to support...more
On May 16, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $350,000 settlement with MedEvolve, Inc., a practice and revenue cycle management and practice analytics software...more
The use of online tracking technologies, which provide valuable insights into the behaviors of website and mobile application users, has become routine in today’s online ecosystem. Companies employ tracking technologies to...more
Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 11. November 2022 - The second largest nonprofit hospital chain in the U.S. has been grappling with an Oct. 3 cybersecurity incident that affected facilities across the country,...more
Cyber-attacks on health care entities are becoming increasingly frequent, and the resulting data breaches are often complex. In the event of a cyber-attack, health care entities and their business associates must adhere to...more
According to the 2022 State of Ransomware Report issued recently by Sophos, it surveyed 5,600 IT professionals from 31 countries, including professionals in the health care sector. Those professionals in the health care...more
HIPAA requires covered entities and business associates to report to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) all breaches of unsecured protected health information when the incident involves fewer than 500 individuals no later than...more
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on October 23, 2019, that Jackson Health System (“Jackson”), a not for profit hospital system comprised of six hospitals, urgent care centers, nursing facilities and primary care...more
Consistent with our experience, security firm McAfee has confirmed in a report that ransomware attacks have doubled in 2019. Medical providers have been hit hard this year, and one provider, Wood Ranch Medical, located in...more
Medical transcription provider MEDantex has reportedly exposed the protected health information of thousands of patients through its unsecured provider portal, which did not require a password for access....more
From the 2015 PLUS Medical PL Symposium session “Technology in Healthcare: EHRs & PHI,” moderator Patricia Marzella-Graubert (Swiss Re American Holdings Corporation) and panelist Alexander Grijalva (New York Presbyterian...more
Is the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) overstepping its statutory authority in pursuing enhanced regulatory activity? A June 3, 2014 letter from the House Committee on Energy and...more