Thursday, January 30, 2020

Why Security Patching Matters - Ep 239


There have been a lot of headlines lately about Windows 7 end of life and Windows 10 security patches.  Let’s discuss why supported software and security patching matters in general. Then, we can talk about why it matters under HIPAA.  

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Thursday, January 23, 2020

Ransomware Warnings Everywhere - Ep 238


We have mentioned ransomware warnings over and over on HMWH.  To the point ransomware shows up in a search on 56 different episodes before this one.  That means we’ve talked about ransomware warnings in 24% of our episodes. Guess what - clearly we need to talk about it again!

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Thursday, January 16, 2020

Ambulance Company Settlement - Ep 237


As we anticipated there was one more OCR settlement announcement before the end of 2019.  This one popped in at the end of December and was yet another one in our backyard. The ambulance company settlement seemed simple at first but once we read the details there is a lot to unpack in the CAP.  Let’s get to it then!

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Thursday, January 9, 2020

2020 Predictions Sortof - Ep 236


We need to get on the record with our 2020 predictions even if we both agree we have no freaking idea what is going to happen in 2020.  If anyone out there says they honestly believe they have a true beat on it, check them out. We do have a few 2020 predictions that we feel sure enough about to say it outloud to you guys.

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Thursday, January 2, 2020

Costly PHI Mistakes - EP 235


Here we go with two more OCR enforcement settlements.  As we expected, the end of the year included a flurry of enforcement announcements from OCR.  Just as this was about to be recorded they announced the second patient access settlement. So we can we get both done in one episode!  Both of these cases are related to some costly PHI mistakes so let’s get down to business.

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