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$1.5M paid in first HITECH enforcement settlement
The Department of Health and Human Services has reached its first settlement in enforcing the data breach notification requirements of the HITECH Act. (HITECH stands for Health Information Technology
Q&A: Using gaming to reduce healthcare costs at Avivia Healthcare
Everyone in the healthcare business these days is looking for ways to reduce costs, and Avivia Healthcare, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaiser Permanente, is no exception. For the past six years,
Don't view HIPAA fines as cost a of doing business
If anyone doubted that there is a cost to ignoring privacy regulations, $5.3 million in penalties doled out last week for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
This email will self destruct
Companies can have a lot of good reasons for not holding on to all of their old email, not the least of which is getting rid of content that might otherwise be requested through e-discovery. For
Compliance: More of an art than a science
Compliance with federal, state, and international privacy and security laws and regulations often is more an interpretive art than an empirical science, and is frequently a matter that requires
Flexible compliance saves time and money
While most organizations today have systems in place to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and other applicable regulations, few have designed these systems to accommodate frequent
SPOTLIGHT: HIPAA still poses major challenges
Can you believe that The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is now a decade old? What may be even harder to believe is that the federal rule aimed at protecting confidential
SPOTLIGHT: HIPAA still poses major challenges
Can you believe that The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is now a decade old? What may be even harder to believe is that the federal rule aimed at protecting confidential
Is compliance spending leveling off?
A new survey from CIO Insight has found that many CIOs say they have attained compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, HIPAA, the Patriot Act and the Gramm-Leachly Bliley Act. This is in
