by Gary Pritts | Sep 4, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Several celebrities had their privacy compromised this week when nude photos they had uploaded to Apple’s iCloud were stolen by hackers and shared on the Internet. On Tuesday, Apple said that the theft of the photos was due to “very targeted attacks” on the... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 25, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
HIPAA Security’s 42 requirements, many of which are merely one sentence in length, understandably result in many questions for organizations seeking to comply. To resolve some of this ambiguity, the HHS Office of Civil Rights, in April 2009, issued guidance to... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 24, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
The HIPAA Security Rule include two separate implementation specifications involving encryption. The first is contained at 45 CFR 164.312(a)(2)(iv): “Encryption and decryption (Addressable). Implement a mechanism to encrypt and decrypt electronic protected... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 23, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Community Health Systems announced on Monday that outside hackers gained access to their network and stole the non-medical, personal information of 4.5 million patients. The data included names, addresses, birth dates, telephone numbers and Social Security numbers—all... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 21, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Since the initial report of the Community Health Solutions breach, in which attackers hacked into the CHS network to gain personal data of a whopping 4.5 million patients, details of the hack are emerging. According to security firm TrustedSec, owned by David Kennedy,... Read More
by Gary Pritts | May 16, 2014 | General News
On April 29, 2014, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule that proposes a new reimbursement system that increases payments to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC’s) by as much as $1.3 billion over the next 5 years. Medicare... Read More
