With the loss of laptops, smart phones, tablets, and USB drives being among the top sources of privacy breaches, healthcare providers should be aware of a recent federal court ruling that drove a $3 million privacy settlement. The federal appellate court ruling against AVmed — a medical insurance company — allowed claims involving negligence and … Read more
Do you know whether your server firewall is on? Well, somebody better know, or it could cost you a fine of $400,000 just like it cost the Idaho State University last month. The HIPAA fine was assessed by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for 17,500 patient records that were left exposed when the firewall … Read more
The federal Office of Civil Rights (OCR) made the point that even small medical offices are not immune from HIPAA enforcement in April when a Phoenix cardiology office was fined $100,000 for HIPAA violations stemming from an online calendar system that exposed patient information. Among the other elements cited were a failure to provide and … Read more