Are we creating a crisis of trust in healthcare? A business partner put that question out to us recently. We have already been looking at several angles to discuss the patient part in all of this breach and ransomware news. This question seems like the perfect way to approach it. Let's look at the topic and see what we think - Are we creating a crisis of trust in healthcare?
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For our 100th episode we wanted to do a Top 10 list. After some thought, we landed on the Top 10 HIPAA Lessons we hope you get from our little podcast.
It is hard to believe that we are publishing our 100th episodes of Help Me With HIPAA! Two years ago we started out with this little idea that has become a really exciting venture for both of us. We truly enjoy the responses and interaction from our listeners. Well, first, we are thrilled to HAVE listeners. But more importantly, we love hearing how much people learn and laugh at the same time. That combination has been our show objective since the very beginning.
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OCR Resolutions 3 and 4 for 2017 were released in February. Examples of what not to do from OCR were released AGAIN. We kept waiting for another resolution to be announced and lump them together. Once we gave up and recorded this episode to review those two you know another one was announced. We will hit that one next time. For now, we review what happened in these cases that resulted in OCR resolutions after a breach notification started an investigation. They are so kind to give us examples of what not to do from OCR without us paying for it!
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Recently, New Mexico passed a new data breach notification law in March. Once it is signed there will only be 2 states that don't have their own notification rules, Alabama and South Dakota. What do all the state laws mean when you are also required to do HIPAA notifications.
Most of them say that if you are subject to GLBA or HIPAA the notification laws do not apply to you. But, it is always best to be sure you know what your state requires.
HIPAA says that as long as it is more strict than state laws then HIPAA takes precedence but many times states are now enacting stronger legislation in some areas.
California and Texas developed some pretty extensive requirements that apply to CEs and BAs in their states. Massachusetts also added their own twist beyond HIPAA.
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