by Eagle Editor | Jan 13, 2016 | General News, Health Information Technology
As we look at healthcare IT trends for 2016, we noticed an article at Becker’s Health IT and CIO Review that made some important predictions for our hospital clients, in particular, though the cyber breaches and vulnerability issues apply also to physician...
by Eagle Editor | Jan 5, 2016 | General News, HIPAA, HIPAA Policy Templates
Eagle is pleased to announce the addition of three new HIPAA Policy Templates available for immediate download in our online store. This brings to six, the total templates Eagle makes available ranging from HIPAA Privacy & Security Policy Templates for Medical...
by Gary Pritts | Dec 21, 2015 | General News, HIPAA
Continuing a big month of HIPAA enforcement activities, the HHS Office of Civil Rights announced today yet another settlement – the University of Washington Medicine (UWM) agreed to a $750,000 settlement regarding potential HIPAA violations. UWM includes...
by Eagle Editor | Dec 20, 2015 | General News, HIPAA
The data security breaches in healthcare keep occurring. Now certain practices and hospitals are finding themselves on the Department of Health and Human Services’ “wall of shame.” This website lists health data breaches affecting 500 or more...
by Gary Pritts | Nov 30, 2015 | General News, HIPAA
On November 25, 2015, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (Lahey) agreed to settle potential violations of HIPAA regulations for $850,000. In addition, the settlement calls for a robust corrective action plan. Lahey is a nonprofit teaching hospital affiliated with Tufts...
by Gary Pritts | Nov 14, 2015 | General News, HIPAA
With the advent of the Meaningful Use program, including the current Stage 2 requirements, healthcare organizations across the country have instituted the annual risk analysis, or risk assessment. When Eagle Consulting Partners conducts a risk analysis, we always seek...
by Eagle Editor | Nov 10, 2015 | General News, HIPAA, HIPAA Policy Templates
Are you a HIPAA business associate with an information technology product or service that needs to stay in compliance with HIPAA policies? According to HHS, a “Business Associate” is defined as a person or entity that performs certain functions or...
by Eagle Editor | Nov 6, 2015 | General News, HIPAA, HIPAA Policy Templates
There’s a lot of buzz right now about cyber security in healthcare with growing evidence of government leaders to pushing for breach penalties at the same time. What can you expect as the government changes and updates its rules, and brings a new focus on compliance?...
by Gary Pritts | Nov 4, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News, HIPAA
This week the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2016. Combing through this 76 page document revealed some items of interest relating to HIPAA and Meaningful Use. In particular, we note two areas of investigation: 1)...
by Gary Pritts | Oct 10, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
At last, on 10/6/2015 CMS released the text of the Meaningful Use Rule for 2015 and beyond, in advance of the scheduled publication date which is 10/16/2015. The slow pace of finalizing this rule has caused uncertainty and anxiety at provider organizations nationwide....
