by Gary Pritts | Oct 13, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Can former employees still access your organization’s PHI? A 014 survey of employees by Osterman Research found that a whopping 89% of respondents retained access (in the form of a login and password) to at least one system of a former employer – such as... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Oct 9, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
During a traffic stop and arrest August, the Tampa Police found patient documents regarding patients of Tampa General Hospital in the car. According to the hospital’s statement regarding the incident, a subsequent internal investigation by the hospital revealed that... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Oct 7, 2014 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
Medicare Payment Adjustments will produce significant, long-term financial loss for physicians who do not participate in Meaningful Use As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Congress mandated payment adjustments be applied to Medicare... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Sep 22, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Identifying routine disclosures is key to safeguarding patient PHI During what Jersey City Medical Center called “a part of routine hospital operations,” an employee sent a UPS package containing to a company engaged by the New Jersey State Medicaid program. The... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Sep 12, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
A list of nearly 5 million Gmail email addresses linked with passwords were leaked on a Russian Bitcoin security forum this week, but Google says not to worry. According to this article from Forbes.com, “There’s speculation that the addresses may hay been stolen from... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Sep 11, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Recently, 6,500 patients of Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, California were notified of a breach of their protected health information. A former employee (on his last day of employment in August) removed the medical records of the patients and brought them to... Read More
