by Gary Pritts | Sep 2, 2011 | HIPAA
Texas Governor Perry recently signed House Bill 300 — which further strengthens Texas medical privacy laws, which were already more stringent than HIPAA. To begin, HIPAA currently covers only providers, insurers, and clearinghouses — while Texas law... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 20, 2011 | HIPAA
On August 11, 2011, the HHS Office of Civil Rights, the agency responsible for enforcement of the HIPAA regulations, delivered its first annual report on HIPAA Compliance and Enforcement to Congress. OCR shed a little light on the subject of random compliance audits... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Jul 20, 2011 | HIPAA
In May 2011 The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published their findings regarding CMS’s oversight and enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule. The findings state that the oversight and enforcement actions “were not sufficient” to insure... Read More
by Gary Pritts | May 5, 2011 | HIPAA
Reporting from Beijing, China. Microsoft is hurrying to fix a significant problem with windows at its Beijing facility. Recently, Microsoft constructed a new, dual-tower facility in the Haidian district of Beijing to consolidate its 3000 software engineers here in... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 7, 2011 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, HIPAA
Hospitals, physician practices, government agencies, business associates and others who must comply with the HIPAA Security regulations should dust off the previous HIPAA Security Risk Analysis and update it for 2011. Hospitals and Physician practices qualifying for... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 4, 2011 | HIPAA
(Editor’s Notes: 5/23/2018: Over the last 7 years, this program has morphed annually, although this post remains relevant. The Meaningful Use program is now called “Promoting Interoperability”. 10/1/2016: The scope of the Security Risk Analysis... Read More
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