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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 26, 2024 12:30:00 AM
“The Privacy Rule permits a covered entity to disclose protected health information about a decedent to a family member, or other person who was involved in the decedent’s health care or payment for care prior to the decedent’s death, only if doing...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 25, 2024 8:02:55 AM
Data breaches can occur for various reasons, often stemming from vulnerabilities in systems, processes, or human error. We’ll go over some of the...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 24, 2024 10:09:11 AM
Title I of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is focused on Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability. It...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 24, 2024 7:21:27 AM
Title IV of HIPAA is the Enforcement and Revenue Offsets section, which focuses on ensuring compliance with the act’s provisions regarding health...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 24, 2024 7:07:14 AM
Endpoint protection, also known as endpoint security, is the securing endpoints or entry points of end-user devices such as desktops, laptops,...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 23, 2024 11:10:49 AM
Title II of HIPAA is the Administrative Simplification provision, designed to improve the efficiency of healthcare systems by standardizing the...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 23, 2024 9:29:22 AM
The federal government has proposed updates to the National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP) to strengthen public-private partnerships and...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 20, 2024 9:54:39 AM
A hacker known as IntelBroker has leaked 2.9 GB of files from Cisco's publicly accessible DevHub platform. However, Cisco insists that its systems...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 20, 2024 8:16:44 AM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert addressing serious concerns...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 19, 2024 4:50:17 PM
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a Special Fraud Alert warning of potential fraud and abuse risks in marketing arrangements for...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 19, 2024 1:17:44 PM
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a U.S. federal law designed to protect sensitive patient information and improve...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 18, 2024 3:15:31 AM
Cybersecurity firms are not automatically considered business associates under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Dec 17, 2024 3:24:32 PM
Conducting a third-party audit involves evaluating an organization’s processes, systems, or practices to assess compliance with national standards,...
