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Check out our newest blog post! Are you ready for HIPAA Security Rule upates?
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HIPAA Security Rule Overhaul: Key Highlights from the 2024 NPRM You Need to Know #HIPAA #Security #Cybersecurity planethipaa.com/blog/hipaa-s…

HIPAA Security Rule Overhaul: Key Highlights from the 2024 NPRM You Need to Know

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Phishing Campaign Abuses DocuSign API to Send Fake Invoices #HIPAA #Security hipaajournal.com/phishing-do…

Phishing Campaign Abuses DocuSign API to Send Fake Invoices

The healthcare and public health sector (HPH) has been warned about an ongoing widespread phishing campaign that abuses DocuSign e-signature software to The healthcare and public health sector has...

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OCR Fines Arkansas Business Associate $350,000 for Impermissibly Disclosing ePHI #Security #Privacy #ConfigurationError #BusinessAssociate #HIPAA hipaajournal.com/ocr-fines-a…

OCR Fines Arkansas Business Associate $350,000 for Impermissibly Disclosing ePHI

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has agreed to settle a HIPAA investigation of an Arkansas business associate that impermissibly disclosed the The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has agreed...

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How Skipping HIPAA Training in 2023 Can Result in a HIPAA Fine #HIPAA #Training #Privacy #Security #Workforce planethipaa.com/blog/everyth…
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#HIPAA Clarifying The HIPAA Retention Requirements hipaajournal.com/hipaa-reten…

HIPAA Retention Requirements - 2026 Update

The reason the HIPAA retention requirements need clarifying is the relationship between medical records retention and HIPAA record retention.

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#HIPAA What Gets Overlooked For HIPAA Compliant Email Retention? hipaajournal.com/what-gets-o…

Email Retention Requirements Explained

Explaining email retention requirements is complicated due to the wide range of federal and state requirements.

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#HIPAA Judge Denies Class Certification in CareFirst Data Breach Lawsuit hipaajournal.com/judge-denie…

Judge Denies Class Certification in CareFirst Data Breach Lawsuit

A U.S. District Court Judge has denied class certification in a long-running legal battle against CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield over its 2014 data breach A judge has denied class certification in a...

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#HIPAA Illinois Gastroenterology Group Settles 2021 Data Breach Lawsuit hipaajournal.com/illinois-ga…

Illinois Gastroenterology Group Settles 2021 Data Breach Lawsuit

Illinois Gastroenterology Group (IGG) has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that stemmed from a 2021 data breach that exposed the protected health Illinois Gastroenterology Group has agreed to...

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#HIPAA Website Tracking Technology Breach Affects 54,000 New York Presbyterian Hospital Patients hipaajournal.com/website-tra…

Website Tracking Technology Breach Affects 54,000 New York Presbyterian Hospital Patients

New York Presbyterian Hospital has reported a 54K-record data breach due to website tracking tools, ransomware attacks have been reported by Atlantic New York Presbyterian Hospital has reported a...

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#HIPAA Georgia Physician Sentenced to Probation for Unauthorized Medical Record Access hipaajournal.com/georgia-phy…
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#HIPAA Rise Interactive Media & Analytics Sued Over Edgepark Medical Supplies Data Breach hipaajournal.com/rise-intera…

Settlement Resolves Rise Interactive Media & Analytics Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit

The digital marketing agency Rise Interactive Media & Analytics has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed in response to a November 2022 Rise Interactive Media & Analytics has agreed to...

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#HIPAA Health-ISAC Report Explores Current and Emerging Cyber Threats to the Healthcare Sector hipaajournal.com/current-eme…

Health-ISAC Report Explores Current and Emerging Cyber Threats to the Healthcare Sector

Ransomware and phishing continue to be the biggest cybersecurity concerns for healthcare organizations according to the February 2023 Current and Emerging Health-ISAC has published a report on the...

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#HIPAA FDA Cybersecurity Requirements for Medical Devices Now in Effect hipaajournal.com/fda-cyberse…

FDA Cybersecurity Requirements for Medical Devices Now in Effect

Ensuring medical devices are cybersecure is one of the biggest security challenges in healthcare. Medical devices often have unpatched vulnerabilities, The FDA’s new medical device cybersecurity...

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#HIPAA Seven Elements of a Compliance Program hipaajournal.com/seven-eleme…

Seven Elements of a Compliance Program

These seven elements of a HIPAA compliance program help healthcare organizations develop a culture of compliance in the workplace, streamline operational processes, optimize organizational performa...

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#HIPAA US Wellness Inc & Blue Shield of California Victims of GoAnywhere Hack hipaajournal.com/us-wellness…

US Wellness Inc & Blue Shield of California Victims of GoAnywhere Hack

Data breaches have recently been reported by Blue Shield of California, US Wellness Inc., Health Plan of San Mateo, and the California Department of The data of customers of US Wellness Inc. and Blue...

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#HIPAA Hacking Incidents Reported by Atlantic General and Lawrence General Hospitals hipaajournal.com/hacking-inc…

Hacking Incidents Reported by Atlantic General and Lawrence General Hospitals

A round-up of data breaches that have recently been reported to the HHS' Office for Civil Rights, state Attorneys General, and the media. Atlantic General A round-up of data breaches recently...

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#HIPAA New York Law Firm Pays $200,000 to State AG to Resolve HIPAA Violations hipaajournal.com/new-york-la…

New York Law Firm Pays $200,000 to State AG to Resolve HIPAA Violations

A New York law firm that suffered a LockBit ransomware attack has agreed to pay a financial penalty of $200,000 to the New York Attorney General to A New York law firm that suffered a LockBit...

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#HIPAA Improve Mobile Device Security with this HC3 Checklist hipaajournal.com/improve-mob…

Improve Mobile Device Security with this HC3 Checklist

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has published a mobile device security checklist to help healthcare organizations address a The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination...

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#HIPAA Ransomware Attacks Increased by More Than 51% in February hipaajournal.com/ransomware-…

Ransomware Attacks Increased by More Than 51% in February

Ransomware activity increased in February according to the latest GRIT Ransomware Report from GuidePoint Security. The report is based on data collected Ransomware activity increased by more than 51%...

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#HIPAA Lawsuits Mount Against DC Health Link Over Breach of Congress Members’ Data hipaajournal.com/lawsuits-mo…

Lawsuits Mount Against DC Health Link Over Breach of Congress Members’ Data

At least two class action lawsuits have been filed against the online health insurance marketplace, DC Health Link, over a recent hacking incident which, At least two lawsuits have now been filed...

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