Healthcare was the industry most affected by data breaches in 2018. We worked on nearly 200 healthcare matters involving multispecialty academic medical centers, hospital systems, small and large physician practices, small and large health insurers, and biotech and pharmaceutical companies. In 2018, health information alone was just behind Social Security numbers (which can also be … Continue Reading
As regularly blogged about on the Data Privacy Monitor, the past 12 months have seen record-breaking HIPAA enforcement activity by HHS OCR. But according to recent remarks by a high-ranking HHS attorney, if you thought these past 12 months were significant, just wait for the next 12 months. According to Law360, Jerome B. Meites, Chief … Continue Reading
On May 7, 2014, HHS OCR announced a pair of resolution agreements with New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) and Columbia University (CU) totaling $4.8 million dollars—the highest settlement amount to date. These resolution agreements make it clear that organizations must be able to propose steps to analyze security risks for ePHI as specified by HIPAA … Continue Reading
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