Is your e-PHI Secure? ONC and OCR Update HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool

By Valerie Jackson, Jason C. Gavejian and Joseph J. Lazzarotti on October 29, 2018 Posted in: Healthcare

October 2018 marks the 15th annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month. In honor of this occasion, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have jointly launched an updated HIPAA Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool to help covered entities and business associates comply with … Continue Reading

Top 7 Legal Challenges Facing Physicians and Hospitals

By Tiffany A. Buckley-Norwood and Michael Bertoncini on February 21, 2018 Posted in: Healthcare

The American Health Lawyers Association’s 2018 Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute in New Orleans focused on the legal challenges faced by physicians and hospitals. Here are the Jackson Lewis Healthcare Industry Team’s “Top 7” takeaways from the attorneys who attended the conference: Healthcare and labor & employment law are hot. According to Law360, Labor & … Continue Reading

Cybercriminals Often Target Healthcare Providers with Ransomware Attacks

By Michael Bertoncini on May 16, 2017 Posted in: Policies, Privacy

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had issued guidance on ransomware attack prevention and recovery from a healthcare sector perspective in July 2016. The importance of these measures was highlighted by the recent worldwide ransomware, “WannaCry,” attack that caused major disruption to the United Kingdom’s National Health Service and cancellation of operations. Learn … Continue Reading