tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 16

HIPAA: Don't Make A Million-Dollar Mistake On HIPAA Compliance

9 tips to comply with security rule, in effect April 20Even before the new HIPAA security rule took effect, one physician practice may have been out a million dollars due to lax security compliance.The San Jose Medical Group had to notify 185,000 current and former patients that their private information was compromised. A burglar stole computers containing patient names, addresses, billing information and Social Security numbers from a locked room, according to press reports.That lapse is "going to cost them about a million dollars," estimates Clyde Hewitt, a security consultant with Buffalo, NY-based CTG, an...

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