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Office for Civil Rights – Guidance on HIPAA IT Asset Inventories
On August 25, 2020, OCR as part of its quarterly cybersecurity newsletter, provided outstanding guidance regarding HIPAA and IT Asset Inventories. As part of the risk assessment process at Colington Consulting, this is …
Best Practices for Teleworking & Telehealth Involving PHI/ePHI
by Jay Hodes, President – Colington Consulting
6 More HIPAA Breaches Reported
With healthcare attention clearly focused on combating the coronavirus, there were six more data breaches that occurred within a few days as the year began. The breaches reported by healthcare organizations, likely resul…
OCR Provides Guidance on Telehealth During the COVID-19 Emergency
Yesterday, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced it will exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties for noncompliance with the regulatory requirements under the HIPAA Rules against cover…
How to Avoid a $100,000 HIPAA Settlement
By Jay Hodes, President – Colington Consulting
The State of HIPAA Compliance in 2019 – Sound the Alarm Bells
By Jay Hodes, President – Colington Consulting