Eric G Piasick D.M.D. has used Compliancy Group’s proprietary HIPAA methodology and has been confirmed as compliant with the HIPAA Rules and the HITECH Act. Dental practices are covered entities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and are required to achieve compliance with the regulatory standards of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Omnibus, and… Read More »
President Biden has signed an executive order that aims to protect access to reproductive healthcare services following the SCOTUS ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, which gave women the constitutional right to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions almost 50 years ago. “These deeply private decisions should not be subject to government interference. Yet today,… Read More »
Phoenixville Hospital Fires Employee for HIPAA Violation Phoenixville Hospital in Pennsylvania has recently fired an employee for accessing the medical records of patients without authorization. According to the hospital operator, Tower Health, the unauthorized access was discovered during a routine audit of medical record access logs. An employee was discovered to have accessed the medical… Read More »
Health Aid of Ohio has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit to resolve claims that it failed to protect the sensitive personal information of its customers. Health Aid of Ohio is a Parma, OH-based full-service home medical equipment provider. On February 19, 2021, Health Aid discovered hackers had gained access to its network and… Read More »
All Trans Software Inc, a Ramsey, MN-based provider of Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) software solutions to transportation vendors, has been confirmed as having implemented an effective HIPAA compliance program by Compliancy Group. Vendors of software solutions that collect, process, store, or transmit protected health information (PHI) are classed as business associates under the Health Insurance… Read More »
Roanoke, VA-based Benefit Plan Administrators Inc., has recently notified 3,775 individuals that an unauthorized individual gained access to its network and removed files that contained some of their protected health information. It is unclear from the breach notification letters when the incident occurred, but the forensic investigation concluded on March 15, 2022, and the notification… Read More »
A lengthy privacy violation has been detected by Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCU Health) that potentially started on January 4, 2006. According to the substitute breach notification on the VCU Health website, transplant donor information had been included in the medical records of certain transplant recipients, and transplant recipient information had also been included… Read More »
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has recently issued guidance to healthcare organizations following the overturning of Roe v. Wade following the SCOTUS Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, which removed the right to abortion at the federal level and allowed states to set their own laws. The guidance explained how the HIPAA Privacy… Read More »
Compliancy Group has confirmed that CalystaPro EMR is compliant with the HIPAA Rules and the HITECH Act. CalystaPro EMR is an all-in-one aesthetic-focused EMR system developed by medical aesthetic professionals. The solution includes practice schedules, zoom teleconference, premade aesthetic note templates, digital consents, online invoicing, two-way SMS, e-prescription, and many other features. Naturally, all EMR… Read More »
A joint security alert has been issued to the healthcare and public health sector by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of the Treasury warning about the threat of Maui ransomware attacks. Since May 2021, North Korean state-sponsored cyber actors have been targeting organizations in the… Read More »