DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 8 (August)

Health information breaches could cost your practice $1.5 million

Update your practice's security plan for health information security breaches today. Your practice will need to take extra steps to prevent and mitigate breaches under a new law set to take effect next year. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), known as the 2009 stimulus bill, provides you with a better definition for what constitutes a breach of patient health information. At the same time, the act increases penalties for when a breach occurs in your office.

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