Feds Step Up HIPAA Compliance Audits - Connecticut Law Tribune

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Feds Step Up HIPAA Compliance Audits Connecticut Law Tribune Most notably, HITECH required the federal Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to conduct periodic HIPAA compliance audits. HITECH also imposed new HIPAA privacy and security requirements and expanded those already in ... and more »

CynergisTek Responds to Rapidly Growing Demand for Healthcare Information ... - DOTmed.com

CynergisTek Responds to Rapidly Growing Demand for Healthcare Information ... DOTmed.com In response to providing consulting and advisory services to an organization selected for OCR's HIPAA Audit Pilot Program, CynergisTek worked with DWT to create a portfolio of audit readiness services designed to evaluate and improve and organization's ...

Pervasive HIPAA Failings Net Surgeons the First OCR Sanctions Against Physicians - Atlantic Information Services, Inc.

Pervasive HIPAA Failings Net Surgeons the First OCR Sanctions Against Physicians Atlantic Information Services, Inc. The calendar appears to have been operational from July 2007 until the time OCR notified the practice it was investigating the physicians for possible HIPAA violations. During that period the practice “posted over 1000 separate entries of e-PHI,” the ... HHS Begins HIPAA Privacy And Security AuditsMondaq News Alerts (registration) Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton | JCEB WeekLinex Legal (press release) (registration) all 5 news articles »

Healthcare Legal News - May 16, 2012 • Volume 2, Number 4 - JD Supra (press release)

Healthcare Legal News - May 16, 2012 • Volume 2, Number 4 JD Supra (press release) Medical practices need to take this opportunity now to evaluate their compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. In its action against PCS, OCR made clear that if protected health information is shared through electronic means, ...

OCR settles HIPAA case for $100k - Chiropractic Economics

OCR settles HIPAA case for $100k Chiropractic Economics April 26, 2012 -- On April 17, 2012, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") reached a settlement with Phoenix Cardiac Surgery ("PSC") for alleged violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. Arizona Surgery Practice to Pay $100000 in HIPAA SettlementThompson.com HHS fines Phoenix Cardiac Surgery $100000 for HIPAA violationsInfosecurity Magazine Double-check your vendors: HIPAa settlement for small provider over improper ...Lexology (registration) all 6 news articles »