Physical Safeguard Standard, Device and Media Controls: Accountability...
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, Device and Medial Controls is the fourth and last Physical Safeguard Standard. Accountability is the third of four...
View ArticlePhysical Safeguard Standard, Device and Media Controls: Data Backup and...
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, Device and Medial Controls is the fourth and last Physical Safeguard Standard. Data Backup and Storage is the fourth and last of...
View ArticleTechnical Safeguard Standards of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification...
There are five technical safeguard standards: access control, audit controls, integrity, person or entity authentication, and transmission security. Each standard has implementation specifications,...
View ArticleHHS Secretary Sebelius Delegates Oversight and Enforcement of HIPAA Security...
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has delegated oversight and enforcement of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule Standards for Protection of Electronic...
View ArticleHIPAA ‘Protected Health Information': What Does PHI Include?
HIPAA.com has received from its readers requests for information on topics related to HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy and Security Rules and to updates to those rules reflected in the...
View ArticleOCR Issues Draft Guidance on Security Risk Analysis
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued on May 7, 2010, Security Rule Draft Guidance on Risk Analysis. This is the first in a “series of guidance...
View ArticleOMB Clears HITECH Act Accounting of Disclosures NPRM
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), responsible for enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, will issue a Notice of...
View ArticleBCBST Pays $1.5 Million to HHS to Settle Potential HIPAA Privacy and Security...
On March 13, 2012, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) agreed to a payment of $1.5 million to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to a corrective action plan as part of a...
View ArticleHIPAA Final Rule: More on Breach Notification Rule Changes
January 31, 2013. Today, we briefly identify key changes or reminders regarding breach notification in the preamble of the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and...
View ArticleHIPAA Final Rule: Modified Rule for Business Associates and Subcontractors
February 6, 2013. Today, we cover the business associate Administrative Safeguard (b) of the Security Rule, as modified by the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement,...
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