The Department of Health and Human Services is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule’s standard for accounting of disclosures of protected health information. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
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HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
HHS Announces Proposed Changes To HIPAA Privacy Rule
A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the accounting of disclosures requirement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) Act Privacy Rule, is available for public comment. The proposed rule would give people the right to get a report on who has electronically accessed their protected health information. The U.S. Department of Health and Human [...]
Five insights on what OCR privacy fines mean for providers
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently singled out two prominent healthcare organizations – Cignet Health of Maryland with a penalty of $4.3 million dollars and Massachusetts General with a settlement of $1 million – both for allegedly violating HIPAA. These sizeable fines signal a wake-up call for the [...]
Cignet fined $4.3M for violating HIPAA Privacy Rule
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has fined Cignet Health of Prince George’s County, Md., $4.3 million, in what officials say is the first civil money penalty (CMP) issued for a covered entity’s violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
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URAC Releases Revised HIPAA Privacy And Security Standards
URAC, a leading health care accreditation and education organization, has released revisions to its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Standards. These revisions are based upon the privacy provisions in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). Various provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act [...]
HHS Imposes a $4.3 Million Civil Money Penalty for Violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights has issued a Notice of Final Determination finding that Cignet Health of Prince Georges County, Md., (Cignet) violated the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
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Top 5 most common gaps in healthcare data security and privacy
There are five common gaps in healthcare data security and privacy, and for many healthcare providers they could be the cause of a major security breach, according to one expert.
Raj Chaudhary, partner and national leader of the Security and Privacy Practice in the Risk Consulting Business Unit at Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the largest [...]
Medical Privacy: HIPAA Resource and Information Guide
Outlines the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and lists frequently asked questions on several aspects of the Act. — (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
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Patient Guide to Understanding Medical Privacy Notices
The last time you visited a doctors office or a hospital, you were given a privacy notice and asked to sign a form. Like many people anxious to see their physician, you likely signed the papers without fully reading them. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)
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Never too old for anonymity: a statistical standard for demographic data sharing via the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Authors: Malin B, Benitez K, Masys D
Healthcare organizations must de-identify patient records before sharing data. Many organizations rely on the Safe Harbor Standard of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which enumerates 18 identifiers that must be suppressed (eg, ages over 89). An alternative model in the Privacy Rule, known as the Statistical [...]