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Healthcare Compliance

Facebook – The Health Care Privacy Time Bomb

A reporter asked me not that long ago how frequently health care providers post patient health information (PHI) that would permit a reasonable person to ...
Healthcare Compliance

Anthem Unfolding: Who has regulatory authority when it comes to security audits?

In a recent LinkedIn group discussion, there was some back and forth about an article that stated Anthem was refusing to cooperate in the security ...
Business Associates

Migrating to a Cloud Service: Is your BAA in place?

In a recent LinkedIn discussion between colleagues in our HIPAA Survival Guide group, a member posed an interesting question that probably doesn’t usually garner much ...
Healthcare Compliance

Never mind Big Brother, OCR is watching! HIPAA Enforcement Developments

It was a busy 2014 for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). OCR entered into several resolution agreements and corrective action plans last year. Pay ...