By Matt Fisher – The HHS Office for Civil Rights is finishing 2024 with a flurry of HIPAA settlements and there is still more time to go. Each settlement offers a different insight into necessary compliance and oversight activities.
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The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of November that we think deserve sharing again.
Join us this Thursday, December 12th for Sharing Health Data: Challenges to Solve – Lessons to be Learned, virtual event. Starting at 1pm ET with keynote from Micky Tripathi, ASTP and National Coordinator on the state of interoperability. Learn more about the event sessions.
By Matt Fisher – The HHS Office for Civil Rights continues to pursue enforcement actions when alleged non-compliance occurs following a right of access request. Not every settlement provides the same degree of insight or ability to follow OCR’s line of thinking though. That is the case stemming from the latest civil monetary penalty announced by OCR.
Join us December 12th for Sharing Health Data: Challenges to Solve – Lessons to be Learned, virtual event. This session @3:30-4pm ET hear radio host Matt Fisher and Lance Reid, CEO of Telcion for this Fireside Chat on security of patient data.
By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights announced the latest in its ongoing series of settlements or penalties stemming from individual right of access issues under HIPAA on October 17, 2024, which also happens to be the fiftieth such settlement.
By Matt Fisher – Recently the OCR announced another settlement stemming from a ransomware attack. The settlement is just the latest one imposed by OCR stemming from a cyberattack. It may feel like rubbing salt in a wound, but the details behind the settlement (at least the minimum ones available) provide a little bit more insight.
By Matt Fisher – When will a healthcare organization suffer its first or next cyberattack? The phrasing of that question is intentional because reality has certainly moved into the “it’s a matter of when” phase and the “if” option is gone. Given that an attack needs to be expected, what is occurring to enable a ready to go response?
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of August that we think deserve sharing again.