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March 31, 2017. With breaches growing and types expanding, experts at the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance Conference in Nashville, TN yesterday recommended planning ahead for [...]

January 13, 2017. On January 9, 2017, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Presence Health Network of Illinois settled a [...]

We have discussed in previous posts the importance of having cyber security insurance coverage, especially as Insurance Services Office (ISO) commercial general liability (CGL) policies now [...]

June 4, 2015.   The May 2015, IBM-sponsored Ponemon Institute Research Report, 2015 Cost of Data Breach Study:  Global Analysis, determined that “the average cost paid for each lost or stolen [...]

One of the critical responsibilities of management of covered entities and business associates is safeguarding protected health information (PHI) in hard copy and electronic formats by [...]

On July 13, Politico published online an article entitled “Electronic heath records ripe for theft,” which is available at: [...]

On May 20, 2014, then Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, transmitted to Congress the required HITECH Act document:  Annual Report to Congress on [...]

On May 20, 2014, then Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, transmitted to Congress the required HITECH Act document:  Annual Report to Congress on [...]

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, resolution and settlement of HIPAA noncompliance issues resulting from [...]

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, resolution of two instances of stolen unencrypted laptops that [...]