Jessica Davis
Privacy & Security
HHS repeatedly acts as a lone wolf, instead of adopting and assisting with current cybersecurity efforts, Daniel Nutkis wrote his prepared statement to a Senate Committee on Wednesday.
EHR
The notorious hacker has been playing a game called “A Business a Day,” by publicly make extortion attempts on businesses.
Privacy & Security
OCR’s updated rules make it pretty clear: The burden of proof is on the healthcare provider.
Privacy & Security
Officials were unable to determine whether an April breach of the medical center’s emails exposed patient data.
Privacy & Security
Microsoft has released new patches for Microsoft XP and Server 2003 systems while DHS pointed to an increase in North Korean cyber activity.
Privacy & Security
A safe containing a hard drive with the backup of the university’s Social and Economic Sciences Research Center was stolen in April.
Mobile Health IT
The agency is working on creating a third-party certification program that would allow low-risk products to be marketed without FDA premarket review.
Compliance
The healthcare administrative services and IT provider took over a year to notify 220,000 individuals of a breach to its website. HHS is determining if it’s a HIPAA-covered business associate.
Compliance
The last time the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services discovered overpayments it started auditing more providers. Because that could happen again, hospitals need to be sure documentation is in order right away.
Privacy & Security
Greg Touhill left the position in February after the Trump transition. The President has left the position, which Obama rated in 2016, thus far vacant.