by Gary Pritts | Sep 13, 2013 | HIPAA
Medical Identity Theft is on the rise according to the latest Ponemon Institute research released yesterday. Ponemon estimates that 1.8 million people, just under 1% (0.8%) of U.S. adults, were affected in 2013, a 19% increase over 2012. Based on survey data from... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 22, 2013 | HIPAA
More and more organizations are using cloud providers for computer backup. Internet upload speeds have increased, and the technology of cloud providers to provide incremental backup has become more sophisticated. And, very importantly, using cloud backup provides the... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Jun 15, 2013 | HIPAA
HIPAA requires covered entities – and now business associates – to comply with the HIPAA Security Rule. However, compliance with these requirements is not the same as effective security. This fact can be illustrated in the case of business associates offering... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Feb 15, 2013 | HIPAA
Eagle Consulting has released a redlined version of the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach regulations highlighting the changes introduced by the Omnibus Rule, which was officially published January 25, 2013. The redlined version allows covered entities, business... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Jan 19, 2013 | HIPAA
After years of waiting, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services released last week what has come to be called the HIPAA Omnibus Rule. “The new rule will help protect patient privacy and safeguard patients’ health information in an ever... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Nov 27, 2012 | HIPAA
The Office of Civil Rights yesterday published detailed guidance regarding the provisions in the HIPAA Privacy regulations that deal with de-identification of protected health information (PHI). The general idea of this provision is that healthcare data sets may be... Read More
Eagle works with clients in healthcare and healthcare business associates to ensure HIPAA Security compliance. We provide a set of policy templates for a variety of business associate types including Cloud Vendors, Third Party Administrators, and Information Technology companies.