May 23, 2019– Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. (MIE) has paid $100,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and has agreed take corrective action to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy
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What is GDPR? Europe’s huge privacy fines against Marriott and British Airways are a warning for many companies handling EU data. The biggest, however, may be yet to come as Facebook, Google and Apple remain under investigation. The GDPR is a very broad rule with little specifics,
Read more →The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a new infographic on how alleged violations of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification requirements are processed. Find out what happens when a complaint is filed: If you have a complaint about a potential HIPAA Administrative Simplification violation, you can submit it to the
Read more →EHR 2.0, the company that was founded in 2011 to serve the signature healthcare law incentive programs, security requirements and HIPAA/HITECH compliance requirements, today announced a corporate name change to databrackets. As part of the rebranding effort, we are unveiling a new line of service offerings and
Read more →23rd May 2019 Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. (MIE) has paid $100,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and has agreed take corrective action to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy
Read more →24th May 2019 The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a new fact sheet that provides a clear compilation of all provisions through which a business associate can be held directly liable for compliance with certain requirements of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and
Read more →May 6, 2019 Touchstone Medical Imaging (“Touchstone”) has agreed to pay $3,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), is a bill that enhances privacy rights and consumer protection for residents of California, United States. The bill was passed by the California State Legislature and signed into law on June 28, 2018, The bill is Officially called AB-375 The CCPA becomes effective on January 1, 2020.
Read more →The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Division of National Standards, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is launching the HIPAA Compliance Review Program to ensure compliance among covered entities with HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules for electronic health care transactions. In April
Read more →The FDA regulation in 21 CFR Part 11 came into effect on August 20, 1997. It regulates drug makers, medical device manufacturers, biotech companies, biologic developers and other FDA-regulated industries on how companies should handle electronic records and electronic signatures.The regulation does not mandate the use of
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