Managing risk across your healthcare enterprise comes with many challenges, but the benefits of shoring up your risk management processes to support your data security and privacy program cannot be overlooked.
This new law requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider a healthcare entity’s adoption of cybersecurity best practices when determining the length and outcome of audits or the amount of fines or extent of penalties it will impose.
What we can learn from this to help better prepare your organization for potential interactions with OCR now and in the future?
Throughout this past fall, international criminal organizations asserted their dominance over the healthcare sector through ransomware.
Throughout this past fall, international criminal organizations asserted their dominance over the healthcare sector through ransomware.
On May 1, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two Final Rules in the Federal Register targeted at improving interoperability and patient access to health information.
For several decades, it has been the belief of many people within the healthcare industry and federal government that the digitization of healthcare information is the key to improving patient care while simultaneously reducing the cost of that care.
On May 1, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two Final Rules in the Federal Register targeted at improving interoperability and patient access to health information.
Identifying and Implementing Appropriate Security Controls in Your Telehealth Architecture The recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides a $300 million boost in funding for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) led Telehealth and Telemedicine Services programs. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced on March 30 that he is proposing $200 million of CARES […]
10 Actions for Business Associates to Build a Strong HIPAA Compliance and Cybersecurity Program While most healthcare organizations agree that Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance is paramount and a robust cybersecurity program is a must, the reality is the industry, as a whole, has many challenges when it comes to building these […]
