Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 4
Industry Note: Watch Out for HIPAA 'Teeth' Biting You in 2016
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Article Overview
This article reviews reported healthcare breach activity from late 2015 and places it in the broader context of HIPAA compliance and breach risk. It is aimed at healthcare providers, health plans, and compliance professionals who track privacy/security incidents, OCR reporting activity, and the business impact of breach exposure. The discussion focuses on breach categories, affected entity types, common source systems or media, and the overall significance of enforcement and risk trends.
Why This Topic Matters
Understanding breach reporting patterns helps organizations gauge their privacy and security exposure, prioritize safeguards, and stay alert to HIPAA compliance risk as enforcement and reporting expectations continue to carry consequences.
What You Will Learn
- How late-2015 healthcare breach reporting was characterized by OCR
- What broad types of incidents were most commonly reported
- Which general categories of affected entities and systems were involved
- Why compliance professionals were warning about increased HIPAA risk in 2016
Who Should Read This
- Healthcare compliance officers
- Privacy and security officers
- Healthcare providers
- Health plans
- Medical billing and coding professionals tracking compliance news
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