tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 36
Privacy: Learn From These Recent HIPAA Breaches
Tip: 3 focus areas will help you avoid making these mistakes. Laptops, smartphones, thumb drives, and more — if you’re dealing with electronic protected health information (ePHI), you should be on your guard, because these are among the most compromised sources of private patient information. And with HIPAA audits gearing up to start any day now, you can’t afford to fall short on your compliance. Watch out: The permanent HIPAA audit program is scheduled to begin in federal fiscal year 2014, which technically began on Oct. 1, 2013, as we noted in The Insider Vol. 14, no...
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