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.
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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.
How are business associates affected by the HIPAA Omnibus Rule? Susan McAndrew of the HHS Office for Civil Rights outlines the relevant provisions and offers compliance advice to covered entities and their partners.
Healthcare organizations should use a four-step process to determine how best to apply encryption to minimize security risks, says security expert Feisal Nanji.
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule could play an important role in improving the security of medical devices that store patient data, says an official with the agency that enforces HIPAA. Find out what part the rule could play.
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.
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?
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule stresses the need for business associates to adequately safeguard patient information. What are the implications? Here's what a federal privacy officer and a consumer advocate have to say.
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.
John Pritchard, a health system security manager with extensive experience in other industries, says it's time for healthcare to apply lessons learned in other business sectors, including banking.
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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