Wes Morris, Managing Principal Consultant, Clearwater, speaks with Andrea Lee Linna, Partner, McGuireWoods, about the key steps that can make the difference between an organization’s effective response to a HIPAA data breach and one that sets it down a troublesome path. With cyberattacks accelerating and the rich data pool flowing across the healthcare industry squarely in hackers’ sights, having a well-established gameplan for responding to a HIPAA breach is a necessity for any organization that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits electronic protected health information.
On January 6, HHS’ Office for Civil Rights published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “HIPAA Security Rule ...