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CDPH Data Breach Affects 9,000 State Workers
For the second time in just over six months, officials at the California Department of Public Health have acknowledged...
HITECH, HIPAA Rules to Launch Simultaneously in 2011
A senior official with the Office for Civil Rights said Tuesday that the HIPAA privacy and security rule enforcer...
Web Exclusive: HIPAA Faces HITECH-Empowered State AGs
Health Net and its affiliates agreed this month to pay a $250,000 settlement for a breach of protected health...
Security Breach Puts 500,000 BlueCross Members' Data at Risk
The theft of 57 hard drives from a BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee training facility last October has put at risk the...
Flurry of HIPAA Activity Expected Over Next Three Months
The Office for Civil Rights in all likelihood will publish a draft or interim final rule outlining the new requirements...
HHS Will Spend $80M to Train HIT Support
Understanding that there is a lack of qualified technical workers, Health and Human Services said it will make $80...
Eight Tips to Polish Your Hospital's Patient Breach Response
After hospitals follow protocol about patient data breaches, they should consider these final checklist items if a...
Congressmen Want HIPAA Harm Threshold Eliminated
Six members of the House of Representatives signed a letter written to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that urges HHS...
HIPAA's Harm Threshold is a Huge Weakness
A lawyer and panelist at last week's 17th annual national HIPAA Summit called HHS' new "harm threshold" in...
Feds Unsure About HIPAA Enforcement Practices
When will greater HIPAA enforcement affect your organization? And how regular will they be? The federal government is...