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
by Gary Pritts | Nov 21, 2012 | HIPAA
With the meaningful use incentives, hospitals and physician practices are conducting their HIPAA Security Risk Analysis per 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1). The risk analysis focuses on the confidentiality, integrity and availability of health information. The last of these... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Oct 16, 2012 | HIPAA
The HITECH Act, in particular the meaningful use incentive program for physicians and hospitals, has placed the computer security risk analysis in the spotlight. Meaningful use requires a risk analysis, also called a risk assessment, as per the HIPAA Security rules in... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Jun 27, 2012 | HIPAA
Yesterday, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), the state Medicaid agency, agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1,700,000 to settle possible violations of the HIPAA Security rule. DHSS further agreed to a... 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.