Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Paper Records Still Pose HIPAA Threat, Breach Shows

Don’t focus all your HIPAA compliance efforts on electronic PHI. In a HIPAAbreach reported April 29 on the HHS Office for Civil Rights’ socalled “Wall of Shame,” where it displays all reported breaches affecting 500 or more individuals, a home care provider is listed with “Paper/Films” as the location of its breach. The incident by Pruitt-Health Home Health — Low [...]
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