Health IT, HIPAA, and the CMS Incentive Programs Blog
For physicians, hospitals, government agencies, and business associatesSkagit County, Washington, settles HIPAA Violation case
By eagleconsultingpartners | Published: April 4, 2014 Skagit County, located in Northwest Washington, has agreed to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules. The County was fined $215,000 and must work closely with the...
Many data breaches never reported
By eagleconsultingpartners | Published: April 2, 2014 Undisclosed breaches are common in large healthcare enterprises according to recent survey According to a recent security survey by ThreatTrack, nearly 6 in 10 enterprise malware analysts from healthcare...
Windows XP Users–Upgrade now to protect your network from security vulnerabilities
In just under 3 weeks, Microsoft will end the Windows XP era ending support for both Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 on April 8, 2014. Most Microsoft products have a life cycle of about a decade, but these two products have been around longer. What prompted the...
Risk Analysis Threat Update – IRS Tax Fraud
At HIMSS 2014, James Robnet, IRS Special Agent in charge of the IRS Tampa, FL field office, presented an update regarding IRS tax fraud and how fraudsters present data breach risks to hospitals, physicians and other health providers. When conducting a meaningful use...
FQHCs in the Hot Seat with tougher HRSA Audits
HIPAA Compliance among items to be scrutinized in upcoming HRSA Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Audits At the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers (OACHC) Annual Conference today, Jacki Leifer of Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell presented about...
HIPAA Breach Impact Updates from HIMSS 2014
Evaluating the Potential Impact of a HIPAA Security Breach in Your Risk Analysis HIMSS 2014 included multiple presentations and updates regarding breach risk. Attorney Tatiana Melnik of Melnik Legal presented an update on civil actions which provides important...
Audits and the Meaningful Use Risk Analysis – Update from HIMSS 2014
Several officials from CMS spoke at HIMSS 2014 in Orlando regarding meaningful use audits. Approximately 5% of both physician and hospital providers are being audited, and these audits are split about 50/50 between post-payment and pre-payment audits. “Document,...
Top 20 Security Controls Updated, and “Compliance vs. Security”
“Top 20 Critical Security Controls” began in 2008 as an effort by U.S. and international agencies, including our own NSA, which has been the subject of so much media attention recently. Eventually, recommendations for what became the “Critical Security Controls”...
