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February 2012

Recent Stories of Interest

From Report on Patient Privacy - With the news that the Minnesota attorney general has brought the first-ever HIPAA suit against a business associate, the compliance world again sees that state officials are willing to go where no federal officials have gone before. The Office for Civil Rights, already under fire from Congress for its sluggish enforcement efforts against covered entities, has said that until its final enforcement rule is in effect, it won’t enforce the provisions of the 2009 HITECH Act that hold business associates (BAs) accountable for privacy and security compliance (RPP 5/11, p. Read more

Credit monitoring, identify theft protection, financial restoration. What are these services and… Read more

By the end of this month, contractors hired by the Office for… Read more

Like many covered entities (CEs), HIPAA business associates are eagerly awaiting the… Read more

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December 7, 2011
Perhaps Covered Entities Should Do a Compliance Cost/Benefit Analysis

The Ponemon Institute has released the findings of its Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security. Among the findings: data breaches in 2011 increased 32% over 2010; legal fees averaged $249,000; and the overall economic impact of each breach averaged of $2.2 million. Despite these data, the results of the survey indicate that covered entities still have privacy and security compliance as a lower priority than it warrants given the cost.

November 18, 2011
CMS Delays Enforcement Date for HIPAA Transaction Standards

CMS pushes back enforcement date for HIPAA transaction standards to March 31; implementation deadline remains Jan. 1. http://tinyurl.com/7466wer

August 11, 2011
Computing in the Cloud?

Are you considering — or are you already — cloud computing? What are your HIPAA concerns? Please e-mail me

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