HIPAA Compliance Blog

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?

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.

We’re always talking about how not complying with HIPAA regulations badly affects patients. Their data is exposed to malicious entities. Their trust in your organization wanes.

Our healthcare system, while far from perfect, is an absolute necessity for living. It would make sense then to be sure that it was well-protected.