A registered nurse employed by Minnesota Blue Cross Blue Shield (BC/BS) with a history of drug offenses allegedly accessed a prescription drug database 249 times without a legitimate purpose, according
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HIPAA Compliance Trends for 2015
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As she had done in 2014, Marla Durben Hirsch interviewed my partner Elizabeth Litten and me for her annual Medical Practice Compliance Alert article on compliance trends for the …
“No” to ACO Data Sharing? Proposed Rules Tweak Medicare Beneficiary Opt-Out Notice Procedure
By Elizabeth G. Litten on
Medicare beneficiaries whose healthcare providers participate in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) may want to add the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
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HIPAA Hurdles in 2015
By Elizabeth G. Litten on
Nearly a year ago, as described in an earlier blog post, one of my favorite health industry journalists, Marla Durben Hirsh, published an article in Medical Practice Compliance Alert…
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HIPAA Holiday Cheer (Lament?)
By Elizabeth G. Litten on
On the twelfth day of breaches
my hacker sent to me:
Twelve Data Downloads
Eleven Plundered Patches
Ten Missed BA Contracts
Nine Malware Installs
Eight Mis-sent Faxes
Seven Stolen Laptops…
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Cyber-Sleuth or Cyber-Thief? LabMD Case Continues to Expose the Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly in Cyber-Security Developments
By Elizabeth G. Litten on
LabMD, Inc. CEO Michael J. Daugherty continues to doggedly defend LabMD against an action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against LabMD based on Section 5 of the FTC…
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Two Months to Amend HIPAA Business Associate Agreements for Omnibus Compliance, But Beware the Bare Bones BAA
By Elizabeth G. Litten on
Does your business associate agreement (BAA) reflect your business deal, or is it a bare bones HIPAA compliance document?
Now is the time to check. The HIPAA “Omnibus Rule” published…
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Paper Records HIPAA Violation Results in $800,000 Payment under HHS Resolution Agreement
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My partner Elizabeth Litten was quoted at length by Alexis Kateifides in his recent article in DataGuidance entitled “USA: ‘Unique’ HIPAA violation results in $800,000 settlement.” While the full text…
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Unencrypted Laptops Prove Costly
By William Maruca on
Is the PHI on all your mobile devices encrypted? If not, here’s another two million reasons to make encryption your top priority. The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the…
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Wild West Data Breach Sheriff Wins a Round Back East
By Elizabeth G. Litten on
LabMD is not the only company that has tried to buck the FTC’s assertion of authority over data security breaches. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. has spent the past year contesting the…
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