In 2012, Experian® Data Breach Resolution dealt with 1700 breaches - 800 of them in the healthcare sector. What are the common gaps for organizations looking to comply with new HIPAA Omnibus standards?
A conference hosted by the HHS Office for Civil Rights and the National Institute of Standards and Technology will provide insights on HIPAA Omnibus Rule compliance as well as other hot health data security topics.
With over 870,000 medical records exposed in data breaches in just the first quarter of 2013, medical data breaches have become a source of chronic pain for healthcare organizations. Adding to this complexity is the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule.
Looking at a multitude of studies and research, it's clear that data...
Business associates continue to play a starring role in many major health data breaches, the federal breach tally shows. But under HIPAA Omnibus, could even more business associates be implicated?
As hospitals and clinics plow ahead with their HIPAA Omnibus Rule compliance efforts, they should also remind patients to be careful when communicating their own health information. A clinical psychologist offers practical insights.
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule provides new, more objective guidelines for how to assess whether breach notification is required. Regulatory experts provide six tips for how to prepare to comply.
Attorney Marcy Wilder explains why the HIPAA Omnibus Rule means many healthcare organizations will need to change their approach to determining if an incident is a breach that must be reported.
The Department of Health and Human Services conducts three types of audits or investigations involving privacy and security issues. But preparing for any of these inquiries requires similar steps, experts say.
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule includes three new considerations for determining potential civil monetary penalties following a breach investigation. What are the implications for breach prevention strategies?
Consumer advocate Deven McGraw describes how a new federal rule spells out four factors that must be weighed in a risk assessment to determine if a health data breach must be reported.
HHS will provide educational tools to help healthcare organizations and their business associates comply with the HIPAA Omnibus Rule. Find out what's in the works - and when it will be available.
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule creates a complex chain of compliance liability among covered entities and their business partners. Data security attorney Stephen Wu sorts through the details.
Healthcare organizations need to implement a five-step plan to launch their efforts to comply with the HIPAA Omnibus Rule on a tight deadline, says security specialist Christopher Paidhrin.
Security threats to healthcare organizations are on the rise - and so are regulatory requirements. Kim Singletary of McAfee discusses the top breach prevention and response challenges for healthcare organizations in 2013.
To comply with the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, business associates and their subcontractors must immediately take several steps, including thoroughly documenting their privacy and security practices, says security expert Susan Lucci.
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