Over the years I have done several interviews for articles about HIPAA compliance. I recently did an interview for an HCPro article, “Physician offices: Tackle a different set of privacy training challenges.” (Sorry, this is not publicly posted to my knowledge.)
Well, today I received a message about this article from a clearly agitated reader, whose name (of course) I am not including in the following message…
Archive for the ‘Laws & Regulations’ Category
HIPAA & Calling Out Full Names In Waiting Rooms
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Judgment For Disclosing PII To Business Partners: Explicit Opt-In Is Required
Friday, February 27th, 2009I just ran across the judgment for an interesting case involving privacy and opt-in consent for disclosing personally identifiable information (PII)…
Judgment For Disclosing PII To Business Partners: Explicit Opt-In Is Required
Friday, February 27th, 2009I just ran across the judgment for an interesting case involving privacy and opt-in consent for disclosing personally identifiable information (PII)…
Report on Healthcare Provider HIPAA Progress
Monday, February 23rd, 2009Here’s an interesting report from URAC about healthcare providers and HIPAA compliance progress…
Surveillance: New Employee Privacy Law in Portugal
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009On Februry 17, 2009, a new workplace privacy law took effect in Portugal…
2ND HIPAA Sanction: CVS Must Pay $2.25 Million And Improve Info Sec Practices For Improper Disposal
Thursday, February 19th, 2009The 2nd ever to date HIPAA sanction has been handed down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
New Online Behavioral Advertising Principles: Self Regulation Does Not Mean Less Scrutiny By The FTC!
Monday, February 16th, 2009On February 12 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the most actively aggressive oversight agency in the U.S. with regard to enforcing privacy protections, released new behavioral advertising principles…
Using Facebook To Serve Lien Notices
Friday, February 13th, 2009I just ran across this article while doing some research, and it made me go, “Whoa!”…
New Report Finds HIPAA Privacy Rule Is Ineffective As Written
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009Today the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report, “Beyond the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Enhancing Privacy, Improving Health Through Research“…
Don’t Be A Dodo; Follow Privacy Requirements!
Monday, February 2nd, 2009I just ran across a privacy law non-compliance fine news report from Australia that was published October 22, 2008…
