HHS announces first HIPAA breach settlement involving less than 500 patients
Hospice of North Idaho settles HIPAA security case for $50,000 The Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) $50,000 to settle potential...
View ArticleIdaho State University fined $400,000 for skipping HIPAA Security Risk Analysis
Skipped HIPAA Security Risk Analysis costs ISU $400,000 IT consultants and Managed IT service providers have been warning their clients that the HIPAA Security Risk Analysis is a very necessary...
View ArticleWellPoint Fined $1.7M For ePHI Disclosure
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that the managed care company WellPoint, Inc. had agreed to pay a fine of $1.7 million to settle potential violations of the...
View ArticleSix people fired from Cedars-Sinai over patient privacy breach
According to the LA Times, five workers and a student research assistant were fired in the wake of a patient privacy breach affecting the patient medical records of 14 patients. According to a...
View ArticleMost HIPAA Breaches are Caused by Employees
It has been said that the most difficult interface to secure is the one between the chair and the keyboard. This bit of “nerd humor” actually has its basis in fact. Art Gross has written a very...
View ArticleAdvocate Healthcare HIPAA Breach Results in Class Action Lawsuit
Reports of HIPAA breach incidents are nothing new. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) stipulates that healthcare providers, insurance companies, and those who serve them (also...
View ArticleObamacare Exchanges Already Responsible for Data Breach
The Obamacare Exchange sign-up begins less than two weeks from today and the feared security issues have already become a reality. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported the data breach incident in...
View ArticleDefend Against the CryptoLocker Virus
The “CryptoLocker” virus has been making a great deal of noise lately. Though we at Thom Infotech have not personally encountered it, we know others who have. We’ve written this post to help you to...
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