HIPAA Compliance Blog

As we’ve said before, when data breaches occur, customers lose faith in the company - particularly if they feel they’re being lied to or otherwise perceive disingenuity on the part of the organization in question.

Our series is designed to explain best practices about HIPAA compliance, HIPAA settlements, and the various requirements an organization must have in place under the HIPAA Security & Privacy Rules.

OCR issues quarterly cybersecurity newsletter malicious insiders threats

Additional data breaches have occurred within the healthcare industry again. This time it was Presbyterian Healthcare Services, based in New Mexico. The protected health information (PHI) of 183,000 patients and health plan members has been exposed.

When data breaches go for weeks or even months without being discovered, it’s bad enough. But what happens when nine whole years go by before the breach is detected? What should customers know?