This blog recently discussed tips for a covered entity (CE) in dealing with a HIPAA business associate (BA). Now, even though you have adopted all of the tips and more, in this dangerous and ever more complex data security world, one of your BAs suffers a breach and it becomes your responsibility as the
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6 Takeaways from Memorial Hermann HIPAA Settlement: Press Releases Lead to $2.4 Million Payout
By Michael Kline on
Posted in Privacy & Security, Security Breach Notification
Post Contributed by Matthew J. Redding.
On April 26, 2017, Memorial Hermann Health System (“MHHS”) agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) $2.4 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule.
The underlying incident occurred in September of 2015,…
The Parade of Major Reported PHI Breaches Jumps Ahead to 646 – Part 2: Business Associates Continue to Augment the Numbers
By Michael Kline on
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 “HHS List”) of breaches of unsecured PHI affecting 500 or more individuals (the “List Breaches”). As reported in a previous blog post in this series,…