On Wednesday March 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released three guidance documents for health care providers relating to the coronavirus. Worldwide there have been 96,888 confirmed cases, resulting in 3,305 fatalities, including 11 deaths
This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a January 2018 newsletter focusing on “cyber extortion.” Cyber extortion often involves an attacker gaining access to an organization’s computer system, stealing sensitive
On March 15, 2016, in response to an epidemic of opioid overdose deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidance intended to assist primary care providers in prescribing opioid medications for chronic pain (pain lasting greater than
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently published two guidance documents to aid organizations in complying with HIPAA.
The HIPAA Security Rule Crosswalk to NIST Cybersecurity Framework (the “Crosswalk”), developed in