by Gary Pritts | Jul 1, 2014 | HIPAA
Recently confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell has named Jocelyn Samuels as director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR). In this role, her duties also include enforcement of the HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Jun 26, 2014 | HIPAA
Webinar on June 26 will explain how your organization can install and use these model notices. HHS Office for Civil Rights and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology invite health care providers and health plan representatives to... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Jun 6, 2014 | HIPAA
In March, 2014 the OIG published details of a penetration test that they conducted on the Indian Health Service (IHS), to determine whether IHS network systems were susceptible to compromise by cyber attacks. In 2011, during a separate IT general controls audit of... Read More
by Gary Pritts | May 5, 2014 | HIPAA
The Fourth Annual Patient Privacy and Data Security Survey, published in March, revealed new and expanded threats to the security and privacy of patient information in the U.S. healthcare system. The independent survey was completed by the Ponemon Institute and... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 8, 2014 | HIPAA
Large hospitals and national organizations would benefit from a single, national security breach response process. The recent breaches at Target, Neiman Marcus and other retailers have gotten the attention of our national legislators. Last month, US Legislators... 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.