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Dec302019

Encryption is Your Best Insurance

Enforcement Actions, Program DevelopmentBy Gary Jones December 30, 2019

On November 5, 2019 the Office of Civil Rights announced a settlement with the University of Rochester Medical Center where URMC agreed to pay $3 Million Dollars to the OCR and take “substantial corrective action” to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It was alleged the actions of URMC…

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Nov252019

The Art of Writing a Good Policy

Program DevelopmentBy Gary Jones November 25, 2019

The world of health care does not suffer from a lack of policies. Most organizations have dozens or even hundreds of policies addressing everything you can imagine. Each time something happens or there is an adverse event, the natural reaction is to develop a new policy so the next time the situation arises the organization…

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