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This e-mail newsletter delivers how-to advice and breaking news on HIPAA regulations each week. Stay informed on timely topics, security news and regulations, and analysis of proposed and final HIPAA rules that will ensure patient information security.

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HIPAA Weekly Advisor

Issue 5, February 6, 2012

• HIPAA Q&A: Names and pics of residents

  Q. Can a skilled nursing facility (SNF) display residents’ names and pictures on a plaque...

• Report: Breaches reach 19 million records

  Covered entities and business associates reported a total of 385 breaches of unsecured PHI...

• How to respond to audit findings

  Truth be told, the real work for healthcare organizations may come after a HIPAA compliance audit...

• Minnesota debt collector sued over stolen medical data

  Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed a lawsuit January 19 against a debt collection...

Issue 4, January 30, 2012

• HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages

  The government should take a better look at privacy and security concerns before it encourages and...

• Dealing with data breaches

  You pick up the phone and someone tells you that a laptop containing thousands of patient files...

• Demi Moore's medical records redacted

  As we’ve been saying all along in HIPAA compliance circles, everyone has privacy rights under...

• HIPAA Q&A: Cameras in patient rooms

  Q. The nursing department in my facility wants to install cameras in a few of the patient rooms...

Issue 3, January 23, 2012

• Atlanta man gets jail time for stealing PHI

  A federal judge sentenced an Atlanta man to 13 months in prison January 10 for intentionally...

• Law firm releases social media series

  InfoLawGroup, LLC, began a three-part series June 11, 2011 that discusses security concerns and...

• HIPAA blog posts: Weigh in with your colleagues!

  Check out the most recent HIPAA Update blog posts from HIPAA compliance officers and offer your...

• HIPAA Q&A: Retirement community

  Q. We operate a retirement community that includes skilled nursing and assisted living. We iron...

Issue 2, January 16, 2012

• Q&A: Farzad Mostashari on meaningful use, privacy

  Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, national coordinator for health information technology at the...

• HIPAA 2012: What are your plans?

  Have a good headline from your organization? Decreased your HIPAA breaches? Implement a successful...

• New Year's HIPAA resolutions

  It’s 2012, and that means it’s time to make some resolutions to kick off the new year...

• HIPAA Q&A: Power of attorney

  Q. Is a power of attorney still effective after a patient’s death? I was told that a woman...

Issue 1, January 9, 2012

• Study: HIPAA breaches on the rise

  Patient information data breaches climbed 32% in 2011, according to the Ponemon Institute’s...

• HHS releases interim final rule on electronic fund transfers

  If you’re a privacy and/or security officer who last week saw an HHS final rule with the...

• HIPAA Q&A: Installing kiosks

  Q. We are planning to install wall-mounted kiosks in our skilled nursing facility to help nursing...