BC Advantage - 2006 Issue 4

HIPAA - Expert outlines how to respond to a security breach

You have just been told an employee's laptop containing your patients' claims information was stolen. Should you make a public announcement, publish a warning on the website, or hope the problem goes away?Now that roughly half of states require entities to notify customers affected by a security breach, health care and other organizations should develop a plan for responding to such incidences. "One of the biggest challenges is putting together a response plan quickly," according to Benjamin Butler, a partner at Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., and member of the firm's Health Care Group. "The clock...

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