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Labor pains: Health care security roundtable
Posted on October 9th, 2009 No commentsFor years, the bark of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been loud and clear: Health care entities will be punished for exposing patients’ electronic protected health information (EPHI).
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Privacy Alert: New Health Care Data Breach Notification Rules Take Effect September 23
Posted on September 24th, 2009 No commentsIn an effort to better protect the privacy of patients, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued new data breach notification regulations that take effect September 23 requiring health care providers and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify individuals when…
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Data security compliance costs plague firms
Posted on September 17th, 2009 No commentsCosts of compliance and number of vendors with access to sensitive information are cited by a majority of businesses as stumbling blocks to preparations for new data security regulations taking effect in Massachusetts next March.
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Notification Rule on HIPAA Data Breach Effective Soon
Posted on September 17th, 2009 No commentsA rule requiring healthcare providers, health plans, and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify individuals of a breach of their unsecured protected health information will become effective September 23, 2009.
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Court allows suit against bank for lax security
Posted on September 3rd, 2009 No commentsThe ruling highlights an issue that security analysts have been talking about for a long time: the need by companies to show due diligence in protecting customer data against malicious and accidental compromise. Security analysts have warned that companies that can’t prove they took adequate measures to protect data could find themselves expos…
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HIPAA Breach Notice Rules to Take Effect
Posted on September 3rd, 2009 No commentsThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued new regulations requiring health care providers, health plans and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify individuals when their protcted health information (PHI) is breached.
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Show-Me State Shows Nation’s 45th Data Breach Law
Posted on August 24th, 2009 No commentsAdding to America’s crazy quilt scenario of similar-but-different state laws and regulations facing retailers,a new data breach notification law goes into effect in Missouri Friday (Aug. 28). There are now 45 states with such measures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.The Missouri law is similar to most other state laws dealing with data breach notifications, but it includes medical and health information, data the states usually don’t mention because it is protected by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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HHS issues rule on EHR breach notification
Posted on August 19th, 2009 No commentsThe Department of Health and Human Services issued new regulations Wednesday requiring healthcare providers, health plans and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify patients if their electronic health information has been breached.
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Oswald Logistics Insurance Launches Product Customized for the RIM Industry
Posted on July 9th, 2009 No commentsCoverage responds to changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabilty Act.
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Study Reveals Growth Among Destruction Firms
Posted on July 9th, 2009 No commentsAccording to a report released by Shotgun Capital Advisors, the document destruction industry grew 20 percent in 2008.
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