Posts Tagged ‘HIPAA’

HIPAA Compliance Seminar for SMBNetworks & New Haven Community Medical Group – Aug 16, 2012

2012-08-16-RajGoel-HIPAA_PCI_REDFLAG_Effective_MulticomplianceWe had a FANTASTIC turnout at the  Second Annual Medical Practice Technology Day on Thursday August 16th 2012 from 8:00 am till 12:00 pm at the New Haven Lawn Club. […]

The Rising Cost of HIPAA Violations: $100,000 Fine Levied on Physician Group | Mintz Levin – Privacy & Security – JDSupra

Here’s a fantastic summary of the Phoenix Cardiac Surgery Group’s landmark HIPAA Violations penalty & settlement. The days of small medical practices thinking they were too small for enforcement are […]

UTAH Medicaid hacked – over 181,000 records and 25,000 SSNs stolen

The Utah Department of Technology Services DTS notified the Utah Department of Health UDOH on Monday the server that houses Medicaid claims was hacked. On Wednesday, the UDOH publicly announced […]

iPad's 'Dictation' sends info to Apple servers

“Dictation” is one of the features of the new iPad, and it can be used to dictate notes, emails, text messages. But new iPad owners may want to use it […]

Learn from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee HIPAA breach

In March 2012, BCBS of Tennessee agreed to pay $ 1.5M for HIPAA data breaches. BCBSoTenn failed to encrypt hard drives containing voicemail files.  Is YOUR medical practice encrypting hard […]

ANSI Free Report – The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information

ANSI (the American National Standards Institute ) has produced a phenomenal, and free, report on the financial impact of losing healthcare data.   Highly recommended that you download it from http://webstore.ansi.org/phi/

New Year's Eve Burglary Triggers Medical Records Firm’s Bankruptcy

Still think HIPAA compliance is strictly for the big guys? Still think your small medical practice or medical billing business is safe from hackers, criminals and litigators?   From the […]

Ambulances turned away as computer virus infects Gwinnett Medical Center computers

Ambulances turned away as computer virus infects Gwinnett Medical Center computers By Misty Williams and Joel Anderson The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Gwinnett Medical Center on Friday confirmed it has instructed ambulances […]

ISC2 SecureBoston Oct 19, 2011

Oct 19, 2011 – Full Day ISC2 Local Event Oversharing: Managing Risk in the Social Age Co-presented by Raj Goel and Brandon Dunlap Social Media has quickly woven itself into […]

AppAssure/SMBNation HIPAA Compliance Webinar

Thursday, September 8, 2011 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT And with the recent penalties against UCLA Health System ($ 865,000), Rite-Aid ( $ 1M), CVS ($ 2.25M), Massachusetts General […]