The privacy requirements for business associates are changing. The HIPAA Omnibus Rule that became effective March 26 started the clock running on the transition. Starting in September, business associates and their subcontractors must follow the privacy provisions of a business associate agreement and the HIPAA Security Rule, and they face legal obligations and enforcement risk if they do not.
In May two North Carolina healthcare providers, Presbyterian Anesthesia and Piedmont Healthcare, had to deal with credit card data breaches when their web-hosting firm, E-Dreamz, was hacked. Although no clinical data was compromised, the hacking event impacted thousands of patients and job applicants, according to a report by WSOC.TV News.
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