by Jon Moore | Apr 6, 2021 | Blog
Signed into law by former President Trump on January 5 of this year. HR 7898 is an amendment or provision to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act). This new law requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
by Jon Moore | Mar 26, 2021 | Blog
Since finalizing the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules in 2003, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has looked into more than a quarter-million HIPAA complaints and launched more than 1,000 compliance reviews. OCR has resolved approximately 90% of these...
by Henry Sprafkin | Mar 17, 2021 | Blog
As CISO for Clearwater, I am responsible not only to internal stakeholders, but to customers as well. We take very seriously the responsibility to implement the processes and controls necessary to meet and exceed the requirements of our customers and ensure the data...
by Dawn Morgenstern | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog
By Dawn Morgenstern, Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Principal Consultant, and Wes Morris, Managing Principal Consultant In December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced potential changes for the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the first major...
by Bob Chaput | Feb 2, 2021 | Blog
How Enterprise Cyber Risk Management Can Facilitate Compliance Efficiency HIPAA is not the only law that addresses data privacy and security within the healthcare industry. There are many other laws and regulations which apply to specific types of data and/or...
by Jon Moore | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog
Last year, more than a dozen health systems were driven into EHR downtime by ransomware attacks. The EHR is the information system equivalent to the heart of a healthcare provider. All-important patient information flows through these critical information systems. In...
