Business Associates Need HIPAA HITECH Compliant Policies and Procedures, Now/1
" Covered entities and business associates should consider finalizing any updates to their privacy and security policies, procedures, safeguards and documentation, and revisit these later in the year for any adjustments needed when the final HITECH Act regulations are published." Final HITECH act regulations will be published in 2012, Baker & Hostetler LLP, John S. Mulhollan, January 19 2012
Minnesota Attorney General Sues Business Associate for HIPAA HITECH Data Breach
The consulting firm that lost a laptop computer with medical data on 23,500 Minnesotans last summer has been sued by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, who says it violated health privacy laws and state consumer protections.Minnesota Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/137678533.html?source=error
HIPAA HITECH Data Breach Costs Small Business Associate $300,000
The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, a non-profit consultancy that experienced a health information breach, learned eight important lessons from the experience, says CEO Micky Tripathi. Tripathi spelled out in a recent blog the details of the organization's breach, which involved the theft of an unencrypted laptop from an employee's car, The breach, which affected about 1,000 patients of the collaborative's physician group practice clients, cost almost $300,000 to resolve.
HIPAA HITECH Rules De Facto Standard?
It is quite likely that the HIPAA rules will become almost a de facto national security standard, if the reach of these rules applies to anyone in the contracting chain. : "What to Watch for in Privacy and Security in 2012: The Top Five, Kirk J. Nahra January 2012 | Privacy In Focus
HIPAA HITECH Data Breach: $1000 Per Patient?
With the new class action suit against UCLA for a HIPAA HITECH data breach it seems that the standard has been set at $1,000 per patient. Yet Another Class-Action Filed After Breaches of Patient Data
http://www.legalhie.com/lawsuits/yet-another-class-action-filed-for-breaches-of-patient-data/
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