This topic includes reports and details of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule enforcement. We discuss the actions that the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the Department of Justice, as well as the State Attorneys General take.
Eagle works with clients in healthcare and healthcare business associates. In addition, we work with other HIPAA covered entities to ensure HIPAA Security compliance.
HIPAA covered entities are essential. It’s important to note that there is a HIPAA privacy and security rule to follow. And, we work with healthcare businesses to make certain they have protected health information. Hospitals and businesses are responsible for enforcing HIPAA security and we can assist.
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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
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
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
Fresh news from the National HIPAA Summit, held March 9-11 in Washington DC, is that the HHS Office of Civil Rights has scheduled “HIPAA Enforcement Training” for State Attorneys General. Susan McAndrew, OCR’s Deputy Director for Health Information... Read More
With reports about multi-million dollar HIPAA fines in the news for the first time, and discussion of stiff new HIPAA penalties from the HITECH Act, administrators and physicians are asking about the new enforcement activities. Recently, a small organization was hit... Read More
Eagle works with clients in healthcare and healthcare business associates. In addition, we work with other HIPAA covered entities to ensure HIPAA Security compliance.