HIPAA Case Study One of a medical organization’s worst nightmares has become a realization for a Louisiana based hospital system. The nightmare trifecta of a privacy breach, identity theft with the intent to create fraudulent checks issued underneath almost 500 … Continue reading
HIPAA Case Study A health system in Michigan has become one of the latest entities to report a patient data breach. The business associate of the effected HIPAA covered entity was a medication management vendor who failed to secure patients … Continue reading
With the use of mobile devices on the rise, security is a hot topic in the HIPAA world these days. Recent fines of $1.5 million were imposed on a Massachusetts’s infirmary and another $1.7 million on an Alaska-based medical facility … Continue reading
A former medical technician was was caught selling electronic protected health information (ePHI) which include the names, addresses, dates of birth and Medicare numbers of patients, along with blank hospital prescription forms and receiving about $500 to $800 in cash … Continue reading
In this case study, our HIPAA Experts review threats and breahes. In May of 2012, a HIPAA covered entity notified the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) that personal information for more than 700,000 homecare providers and recipients was lost … Continue reading
It might be tempting to toss documents containing medical information as if it were a paper cup or tongue depressor directly into a trashcan. But doing so with Personal Health Information (PHI) would be a violation of the Health Insurance … Continue reading
Healthcare workers have access to a lot of information including patients’ medical records. It is the responsibility of the facility to keep this information private and prevent its misuse. But did you know that federal law mandates that only direct … Continue reading
In the spring of 2010, Huping Zhou, a Chinese immigrant living in California, was fined $2,000 and sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to misdemeanor Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations. United States Magistrate … Continue reading
HIPAA defines a mobile device as any device that allows storage of data on itself by using it’s on-board memory or within the SIM card of a memory chip. Mobile devices can be used to send and transmit data, which … Continue reading
Debt Collector Lost Laptop Containing Sensitive Data You might take a lot of pride and caution in following laws such as those of HIPAA. But did you know that you could be fined based on the practices of … Continue reading
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