Recent HIPAA notifications from Washington D.C. state : “SONY HACKING SPURS MORE CALLS FOR CYBERSECURITY LEGISTLATION”. “MORE ENFORCEMENT NEEDED.” “NEW HOMELAND SECURITY CHAIRMAN SAYS BREACH NOTIFICATIONS ARE A PRIORTITY”, ETC…
Much of this ramp up in enforcement is caused by ISIS terrorist threats against our nations’ PHI forcing a priority status. The days of hiding the head in the sand are gone…
…also, when a copy of a HIPAA compliant risk analysis is requested by CMS, to prove your attestation to meaningful use relative to EMR/EHR, you must now prove it was conducted DURING THE MEANINGFUL USE TIME FRAME…the ‘window’ to ‘make it right later’ is quickly closing…. the advice is to take action NOW and document it!!!