On September 26, the Office for Civil Rights announced a $250,000 settlement with Cascade Eye and Skin Centers, P.C., following a ransomware attack that exposed approximately 291,000 files containing electronic protected health information. We sat down for a Q&A with Jonathan Steele, a cybersecurity consultant at Steele Fortress and practicing attorney at Beerman Law, who shares key lessons learned from the Cascade Eye and Skin Centers breach.
It’s November (where did the time go?), but HIPAA is still HIPAA. So, we thought it might be a good time to dial it back and recall some of the basics. Here are some tips and tricks we’ve compiled for you as we approach 2025.