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Yes Virginia there really are HIPAA police

2008-07-25 15:01:24 by HASH0x8472e74 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...HIPAA is what teeth do these regulations have and who is going to enforce them. There are plenty of firms willing to take your money and rubber stamp you HIPAA compliant, but who is going to say your not HIPAA compliant and why should you care. Finally reading this article in Security Bytes it looks like the federal government has stepped up...
 
Tags: hipaa, enforce, enforce hipaa, records hipaa hurray, hipaa compliant, health care records, care, regulations, online health records
 
 
 
 
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Yes Virginia there really are HIPAA police

2008-07-25 15:58:50 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...HIPAA is what teeth do these regulations have and who is going to enforce them. There are plenty of firms willing to take your money and rubber stamp you HIPAA compliant, but who is going to say your not HIPAA compliant and why should you care. Finally reading this article in Security Bytes it looks like the federal government has stepped up...
 
Tags: hipaa, enforce, enforce hipaa, records hipaa hurray, hipaa compliant, health care records, care, regulations, online health records
 
 
 
 
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HIPAA Growing Teeth, Round II?

2008-01-22 13:44:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...HIPAA Growing Teeth " we proudly give you: round deux Specifially, " CMS to check hospitals for HIPAA security compliance " paper claims that " The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin on-site reviews of hospitals compliance with security rules mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of...
 
Tags: hipaa, round, hipaa security compliance, teeth, kick, health insurance portability, round deux, insecure healthcare ass, guys kick
 
 
 
 
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The Case for Automated Log Management in Meeting HIPAA Compliance

2007-11-28 21:45:53 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
The Impact of HIPAA The Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA, was passed in 1996 by the US Department of Health and Human Standards (HHS) to ensure the privacy and s
 
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CMS HIPAA Compliance Review Checklist

2008-02-26 13:25:35 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
CMS (Centers for Medicare and Meicaid Services) has posted a PDF document that lists the potential interviewees and the artifacts to be examined during a HIPAA compliance review. It's a good heads-up for those of us providing security in the health care industry
 
Tags: hipaa compliance review, health care industry, cms, meicaid services, pdf document, potential interviewees, lists, artifacts, centers
 
 
 
 
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Feds finally put teeth into HIPAA enforcement

2008-09-08 05:39:29 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The federal government has signed a stringent settlement deal the first of its kind with a health care provider over 'possible violations' of HIPAA's data security rules
 
Tags: health care provider, stringent settlement deal, data security rules, hipaa, federal government, violations
 
 
 
 
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New health-care privacy laws heighten need for HIPAA compliance in California

2008-10-07 04:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two HIPAA-like bills that set new security requirements, breach-disclosure rules and fines for health care organizations operating in that state
 
Tags: health care organizations, california gov, hipaa-like bills, arnold schwarzenegger, security requirements, fines, rules, set
 
 
 
 
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Sitting on your hands is not an option - FUD, Compliance, what will it take to sell security?

2008-03-13 00:17:43 by HASH0x84729f8 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...HIPAA. Of course as Ilena Armstrong says "...HIPAA, say it with me now, "had no teeth." After HIPAA, California's breach notification law served as a model for many other states and finally brought some real compliance drivers to business outside of finance and health. FISMA brought the fear of God to the federal space Of course these all...
 
Tags: security breach, security breach scare, security, security breach cost, security purchase, security industry, provide security, industry, real live security
 
 
 
 
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Health care practices and UCSF patient records exposed

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2008-05-07 16:10:17 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...HIPAA. But it acknowledged that such a disclosure is against its own "best practice" policy Evan] I think that this is open to interpretation. HIPAA is not clear (nor can it be) in all circumstances, and some people would argue this claim with UCSF officials Steps have been taken to reinforce this practice Evan] Like what? Are "steps"...
 
Tags: ucsf, ucsf patient, ucsf patients, patients, patient, sensitive information, information, patient information, ucsf medical center