We tour the HIPAA haunted house in this year's Halloween episode!
Cybersecurity has become a big concern over the last 18 months. Breaches in 2015 have given way to ransomware along with more daring breaches in 2016. What is really happening on your computers, networks, and the Internet every second is terrifying in several ways. There are plenty of amazing and good things happening at the speed of light but so are the bad ones.....
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Ransomware and HIPAA have been a topic on the podcast multiple times. They are some of our most popular episodes, in fact. Recently, we realized we haven't discussed the OCR guidance on ransomware and HIPAA. On July 11, 2016, HHS.gov featured a new post from Jocelyn Samuels the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The title is catchy: Your Money or Your PHI: New Guidance on Ransomware.
This episode is a review of that post and the fact sheet with OCR guidance on ransomware and HIPAA that the post announced.
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Everything going on today with hurricanes and such makes it is a great time to talk about this. We mention it all the time but this episode is going to be just about what DR/BC means and what you can do to be prepared in advance. So, this episode covers disaster recovery planning under HIPAA but any business can learn from our topics!
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Last year Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray asked for answers to some questions concerning cybersecurity in healthcare. They were interested in understanding what CMS and HHS were doing to protect patients from fraud. It seems as though they were wondering if HIPAA security updates where needed.
We discussed the Senators request in episode 31 : https://helpmewithhipaa.com/episode-31-enforcement-efforts-ocr-increase-2016/
Their letter asked:
The report was presented to the committee on August 6, 2016 and made public on Sept 26.
