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Interview: Caroline Cook, Privacy Consultant, GDH Government Consulting Services

HIPAA Journal

HIPAA Journal is conducting interviews with healthcare professionals and service providers to find out more about their compliance journeys, how the HIPAA Rules have affected their working lives, and the successes and challenges they have faced with HIPAA compliance. Tell the readers about any significant event in your career.

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The Most Common HIPAA Violations You Should Avoid

HIPAA Journal

The settlements pursued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are for egregious violations of HIPAA Rules. Settlements are also pursued to highlight common HIPAA violations to raise awareness of the need to comply with specific aspects of HIPAA Rules. Are Data Breaches HIPAA Violations?

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How health systems can better protect patient privacy

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Joint governance leads to better patient protection Liederman credited joint governance for helping to facilitate a higher sense of trust among patients and the workforce. " To safely address insider snooping you have to record all the views and actions, which HIPAA requires anyway.

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Utah Updates Data Breach Notification Requirements

HIPAA Journal

Utah has updated its data breach regulations and from May 3, 2023, will require a breached entity to send a notification to the Utah Attorney General in the event of a breach of the personal information of 500 or more Utah residents. The post Utah Updates Data Breach Notification Requirements appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Federal and State Healthcare Compliance Requirements

MedTrainer

Federal healthcare compliance requirements encompass a set of regulations and laws established by various government agencies to ensure certain standards for the healthcare industry at the national level. OCR enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule , which protects patients’ health information privacy rights.

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Lake Charles Memorial Health System Cyberattack Affects Almost 270,000 Patients

HIPAA Journal

Data exposed in the attack included names, addresses, email addresses, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, birth dates, passport numbers, other government ID numbers, medical conditions, diagnoses, treatment information, health insurance information, and internal patient identifiers.

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Why Is Credentialing Management Software Important?

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Credentialing management helps organizations maintain compliance with regulatory standards set by accrediting bodies, government agencies, and industry regulators. In the event of an audit, good credentialing management makes all the difference. Licenses Report that tracks licenses that require continuing education or refreshers.