YouCompli

JUNE 14, 2023

This article considers the government’s increasing interest in patient rights in relationship to covered entities or business associates and what proactive compliance officers can do to fulfill those obligations through effective monitoring. A business associate is defined at 45 C.F.R. The variables are in the details.

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Compliancy Group

MAY 16, 2023

Due to a July 2018 incident, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigated MedEvolve to determine if the business associate was HIPAA compliant. Clients receive a complete HIPAA solution that includes policies and procedures, employee training, business associate agreements, and more. The result? The best part?

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2022

A round-up of 6 cyberattacks that have recently been reported by healthcare providers and business associates that resulted in the exposure and possible theft of patients’ protected health information. The post 6 Healthcare Providers and Business Associates Report Hacks and Ransomware Attacks appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires all Covered Entities to have a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with any Business Associate (BA) they hire that may come in contact with PHI. The HIPAA Omnibus Rule changed how BAs and Business Associate Subcontractors (BAS) can be held liable for potential HIPAA violations.

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APRIL 19, 2023

One of the critical aspects of HIPAA is the Business Associate Agreement (BAA). What is included in a typical Business Associate Agreement? A BAA is a legally binding contract between a Covered Entity (CE) and a Business Associate (BA), which may be an insurance agent.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The post Six Data Breaches Reported by Healthcare Providers and Business Associates appeared first on HIPAA Journal. The Elizabeth Hospice said it is unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of patient data but has advised affected individuals to be vigilant and monitor their accounts and statements for unauthorized activity.

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Health Law Advisor

DECEMBER 5, 2022

While HIPAA covered entities and business associates are generally excluded from these state privacy laws through statutory carve-outs when they collect PHI, HHS has now affirmed that HIPAA’s privacy protections apply with equal force to websites and emerging tracking technologies where PHI is involved.

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The HIPAA Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Business Associates Get Hacked, are Threat Vectors: Half of the most recent 10 big HIPAA breaches involved business associates. But the second task is to make sure your business associates aren't risky. As a covered entity, your first task is to make sure you have BAAs in place with your vendors.

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Health IT Security

JUNE 14, 2023

Onix Group, Maimonides Medical Center, and iSpace reported healthcare data breaches recently.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The company said the sale of Meritage Medical Network will allow it to focus on its digital-first, value-based care contracts.

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Health IT Security

JUNE 22, 2023

Onix Group suffered a ransomware attack in March 2023 that resulted in a data breach impacting nearly 320,000 individuals.

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Jackson Lewis

OCTOBER 31, 2022

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month, and the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has provided a timely reminder for HIPAA covered entities and business associates to have a written incident response plan !

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Health Law Checkup

JANUARY 20, 2022

Although HIPAA applies to protected health information used and shared by covered entities in connection with population health activities, in many circumstances HIPAA permits the use and sharing of such PHI without patient authorization or business associate agreements.

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HIPAA & Health IT

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The EO also triggers COVID-19 vaccination requirements for many of these health care providers’ HIPAA business associates, if the contracts are entered into, renewed, or extended on or after October 15, 2021.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 1, 2023

Bright is required to maintain at least $200 million in the account, but overdrew its credit due to costs associated with discontinuing its health insurance exchange business, according to CEO Mike Mikan.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

All covered entities and their business associates should understand what the “Basis for a Civil Money Penalty” means. The covered entity must also establish a Business Associate Agreement with the business associate. What are the implications?

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Total HIPAA

AUGUST 16, 2023

There are many scenarios in business and healthcare in which PHI is moved and shared. As you probably already know, these transactions require Business Associate Agreements. As you probably already know, these transactions require Business Associate Agreements.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

CA Business Associate 129,584 Hacking Incident University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority WI Healthcare Provider 85,902 Compromised email account Aveanna Healthcare GA Healthcare Provider 65,482 Compromised email account Ezras Choilim Health Center, Inc. of all records compromised in March.

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Colington Consulting HIPAA Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

by Catherine Wanjau and Jay Hodes, President – Colington Consulting

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The Health Law Firm

JUNE 19, 2017

The jury unanimously agreed that his business associate defrauded him on a revenue sharing agreement and fraudulently reported his earnings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The jury found that Dr. Martin R.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

Some of these incidents have been reported by large healthcare providers, health plans, and business associates, so some of those breaches could involve hundreds of thousands or even millions of records. VA Business Associate 2,781,617 MOVEit Transfer vulnerability exploited (Clop hacking group) ESO Solutions, Inc.

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Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 22, 2023

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting healthcare providers’ third-party business associates, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Critical Insights.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 10, 2024

Stripe is not HIPAA compliant and – other than its payment processing services – should not be used by covered entities and business associates to create, collect, store, or transmit Protected Health Information (PHI). Because Stripe is unable to enter into Business Associate Agreements, it is not HIPAA compliant itself.

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Colington Consulting HIPAA Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

HIPAA Consultant | Helping Organizations Achieve HIPAA Compliance™ with a full range of HIPAA compliance services for Covered Entities and Business Associates.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 2, 2022

The vendors you choose to help run your business will determine your business success level. Ultimately, your vendor’s vulnerabilities are your vulnerabilities, which is why HIPAA emphasizes the importance of business associate compliance. Business associate vendors must be compliant with HIPAA standards.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2024

The HIPAA email rules apply to individuals and organizations that qualify as HIPAA covered entities or business associates. However, the HIPAA email rules only apply to HIPAA covered entities and business associates when PHI is created, received, stored, or transmitted by email.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2024

The key provisions of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule were: Make business associates of covered entities directly liable for HIPAA compliance. Strengthen the limitations on uses and disclosures of Protected Health Information. Expand individuals’ rights to restrict disclosures of Protected Health Information.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Zendesk is HIPAA compliant for covered services in HIPAA-enabled Service Plans, provided organizations agree to the terms of Zendesk’s Business Associate Agreement and configure services to comply with Zendesk’s Security Configuration Requirements. This is not an “optional” requirement. user authentication, automatic logoff, etc.).

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HIPAA Vault

AUGUST 16, 2023

Every healthcare organization has at least one Business Associate Agreement (BAA) in place with a service provide. Anything or anyone that comes into contact with Protected Health Information (PHI) should have a BAA in place, protecting the covered entity (the healthcare organization) and the business associate (the service provider).

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 28, 2023

The Health 3rd Party Trust Initiative (Health3PT) has published the findings of a recent survey of HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates that explored the current state of third-party cyber risk management in healthcare and identified some of the key challenges faced by HIPAA-regulated entities.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 23, 2023

The breach occurred at the HIPAA business associate, NationsBenefits Holdings, and was a data theft and extortion attack by the Clop ransomware group involving the Fortra GoAnywhere MFT solution. CA Business Associate 462,241 Network Server Hacking and extortion (Fortra GoAnywhere MFT) Brightline, Inc.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2023

The attack caused losses in excess of $113 million due to lost business ($92 million) and the clean-up costs ($21 million). WI Business Associate 4,112,892 Ransomware attack Advocate Aurora Health WI Healthcare Provider 3,000,000 Pixel-related impermissible disclosure via websites Connexin Software, Inc.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Catholic Medical Center Patients Affected by Email Breach at Business Associate Almost 2,800 patients of Catholic Medical Center (CMC) in New Hampshire have been affected by a data breach at one of its vendors, the accounts receivable management service provider Lamont Hanley & Associates.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

One of the capabilities of many business password managers is the ability to send encrypted messages to any recipient. But is it okay to share ePHI via a business password manager? Over the past few years, the capabilities of business password managers – particularly vault-based password managers – have grown significantly.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 22, 2022

In July, 25 data breaches of 10,000 or more records were reported, 15 of which occurred at business associates of HIPAA-covered entities. Cyberattacks on business associates can affect many different HIPAA-covered entities, as was the case with the PFC breach, which affected 657 HIPAA-covered entities. Business Associate.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2020

OCR (Office for Civil Rights) inside of HHS which is in charge of HIPAA enforcement has issued another notice of enforcement discretion. Roger Severino, OCR Director, announced that OCR will exercise it’s enforcement discretion and not impose penalties for violations of certain HIPAA provisions.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 20, 2023

The worst data breach was a LockBit ransomware attack on the HIPAA business associate Managed Care of North America (MCNA) which affected almost 8.9 CA Business Associate 28,975 Hacking of Fortra GoAnywhere MFT solution Clarke County Hospital IA Healthcare Provider 28,003 Hacking Incident United Healthcare Services, Inc.

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