HIPAA professionals all work to prevent their facilities from getting fined by OCR for violations of HIPAA’s Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification rules, but you need to stay up to date on what those penalties could be and where OCR stands on enforcement.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a new fact sheet last week that clarifies the circumstances under which OCR may hold business associates (BA) directly liable.
In this month's HIPAA Q&A, our expert answers questions on color-coded filing systems, overseas providers, coordinating with research hospitals, and more!
In this month's issue, our expert answers questions on color-coded filing systems, sharing information with overseas providers, coordinating research with hospital employees, and more!
Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants, in Newark, Delaware, recently released a notifcation about a data breach that exposed the information of 8,591 patients and occurred around June 7–8, 2018.
Q: What information does HIPAA allow to be shared on a health insurance user portal if multiple family members are on the same policy? Should all individuals on the policy have separate user accounts?
