This webinar examines a landmark settlement in the amount of $650,000 levied against a business associate entity of a nursing home system for improper HIPAA security violations involving an everyday device we all rely on and keep in our pockets – a cell phone.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services investigate a security breach involving multiple nursing homes and hundreds of itemized violations of the HIPAA security rule. Ultimately, this civil settlement was reached to resolve the matter.
How does the security rule apply to the use of cell phones by health care providers? How could violations result in a whopping $650,000 administrative fine?
Find out how this extraordinary administrative fine was not the end of the matter, but was the start of a compliance period designed to rectify these violations. This is an intermediate webinar.
HIPAA privacy and security in a health care setting; duties and obligations of business associates under HIPAA; the use of m0bile devices and “bring your own” devices in a health care setting.
This webinar examines the business associate of a health care entity and its improper abuse of cell phones revealing confidential patient protected health information.
A record $650,000 sanction was issued for the HIPAA violations. Erase the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about how to keep the use of cell phones secure and safe in a health care setting – when a Business Associate is also covered under HIPAA.
Venue: Recorded Webinar