In its July newsletter, OCR announced a collaboration with the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to seek user feedback and improvement suggestions on its Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool.
With the first month of fall arrived, it’s time to start thinking of the year ahead—and, of course, to finish the year strong. We’ve gathered some HIPAA compliance tips to consider while getting through the final third of the year and building some compliance momentum heading into 2022.
HHS recently issued its Summer 2021 OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter, covering the topic of controlling access to ePHI. HHS officials cited a Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations report that found 61% of analyzed data breaches in the healthcare sector were perpetrated by external threat actors and 39% were carried out by insiders.
Before the final HIPAA Privacy Rule updates are released, providers have a change to weigh in on the proposals. Read what they've said and how it might influence the final rule.
