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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
Continue Reading Two Months to Amend HIPAA Business Associate Agreements for Omnibus Compliance, But Beware the Bare Bones BAA

It is noteworthy that there are often substantial delays in disclosures regarding covered entities (“CEs”) that have become marchers in the Parade of large Protected Health Information (“PHI”) security breaches
Continue Reading The Parade of PHI Security Breaches: Why Did it Take Two Years for the Status of Minne-Tohe Health Center as a Marcher to be Disclosed?

This blog series has been following breaches of Protected Health Information (“PHI”) that have been reported on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) ever-lengthening parade list (the
Continue Reading The Parade of Major Reported PHI Breaches Jumps Ahead to 646 – Theft Continues to Dominate the Numbers