Members of the health care and financial industries, along with other industries that hold sensitive data, are warned that a ChatGPT vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors to attack security flaws in AI...more
3/24/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banks ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Financial Institutions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Machine Learning ,
NIST ,
Risk Management ,
Vulnerability Assessments
As we settle into spooky season, let’s take a minute to consider a recent development in health care privacy as we ask ourselves, is this a trick or a treat?...more
10/11/2024
/ Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Attorneys General ,
Statutory Authority ,
Texas
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released its anticipated Final Rule last week. The Final Rule revises...more
2/26/2024
/ CARES Act ,
Confidential Information ,
Consent ,
Data Management ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Mental Health ,
New Regulations ,
OCR ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
SAMHSA ,
Substance Abuse
As of September 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) can officially begin enforcement against Certified Health Information Technology (“HIT”) developers, health...more
9/11/2023
/ 21st Century Cures Act ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Information Blocking Rules ,
OIG
Effective today, October 6, 2022, the Information Blocking Rule will expand in scope to prohibit interfering with access or exchange of information in a designated record set. With this expansion of the Information Blocking...more