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Understanding HIPAA: A Guide to Avoiding Common Violations

Armstrong Archives

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensures individuals’ health data protection and privacy. This includes insurance companies, nurses, and doctors. In this article, we’ll talk more about the HIPAA, the importance of compliance, some common HIPAA violations, and more!

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Best Digital Forensics Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Autopsy is its GUI and a digital forensics platform used widely in public and private computer system investigations to boost TSK’s abilities. The Computer-Aided Investigative Environment (CAINE) is an open-source Ubuntu- and Linux-based distribution created by Italian developers for digital forensic purposes. Volatility.

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Five Steps to HIPAA Security Compliance

HIPAA

The health insurance portability and accountability act has set various guidelines, which should be adhered to by anyone who handles any electronic medical data. Lack of compliance to the HIPAA security standards could lead to large fines and in extreme cases even loss of medical licenses. Prepare for disaster before it occurs.

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Five Steps to HIPAA Security Compliance

HIPAA

The health insurance portability and accountability act has set various guidelines, which should be adhered to by anyone who handles any electronic medical data. Lack of compliance to the HIPAA security standards could lead to large fines and in extreme cases even loss of medical licenses. Prepare for disaster before it occurs.

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Five Steps to HIPAA Security Compliance

HIPAA

The health insurance portability and accountability act has set various guidelines, which should be adhered to by anyone who handles any electronic medical data. Lack of compliance to the HIPAA security standards could lead to large fines and in extreme cases even loss of medical licenses. Prepare for disaster before it occurs.

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OCR Enters into Record Settlement with Anthem

Hunton Privacy

Three years ago, in February 2015, OCR opened a compliance review of Anthem, the nation’s second largest health insurer, following media reports that Anthem had suffered a significant cyberattack. submit annual compliance reports for a period of two years. submit annual compliance reports for a period of two years.

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HHS Announces HIPAA Settlement with UMass

Hunton Privacy

On November 22, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a $650,000 settlement with University of Massachusetts Amherst (“UMass”), resulting from alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules. .