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5 Jan 2018, 5:35 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Continuing Fallout of 2015 Data Breach Provides Many Lessons For Other Businesses & Their Health Plans The $2.3 million (Resolution Amount) data breach settlement and other post breach fallout now bankrupt radiation oncology and cancer care provider 21st Century Oncology, Inc. (21CO)  is experiencing after data thieves hacked into the names, social security numbers and other private health and financial… [read post]
17 Oct 2018, 4:19 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  While the $16 million resolution payment that OCR announced Anthem, Inc. is paying to resolve its HIPAA civil monetary penalty exposures for allowing the breach of the ePHI of 79 million individuals, this payment reflects only a very small portion of the overall liability that Anthem, Inc. incurred from data breach that lead to this resolution payment. [read post]
20 Jan 2014, 3:13 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Insurers passing along the annual fee imposed under Section 9010 of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA) to customers will pay taxes on the amounts collected. [read post]
25 Oct 2015, 11:12 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Scribe responsible for leading the American Bar Association (ABA) Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) annual agency meeting with the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights,Scribe responsible for leading the American Bar Association (ABA) Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) annual agency meeting with the Department of Health & Human Services Cynthia Marcotte Stamer’s practice has focused on advising and… [read post]
12 Sep 2017, 8:30 am by Merritt Baer, Chinmayi Sharma
Privacy Litigation, the court treated the company’s data policy as an enforceable contract in assessing a motion to dismiss. [read post]
1 Oct 2021, 9:19 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule and the Health Breach Rule implement enhanced health information data security and breach notification requirements added to federal law by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) enacted by Congress as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 12:46 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Additionally, the Security Rules require specific encryption and other safeguards when covered entities collect, create, use, access, retain or disclose ePHI. [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 5:28 pm by Kevin LaCroix
Among the federal regulators that has proven to be active in data breach arena has been the Federal Trade Commission. [read post]
In the case of employees, for example, the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) requires maintaining the confidentiality of employee medical information and this may include COVID-19 related data. [read post]
23 Feb 2013, 5:00 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  FTC Charges Against HTC America This week, the FTC announced that mobile device giant HTC American, Inc. [read post]
7 Dec 2018, 4:55 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Internal Revenue Service is warning human resources and other business leaders about a growing wave of identity theft and W-2 scams targeting sensitive tax data employers collect on their employees. [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 4:55 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  Last year, the American Bar Association reported in its annual Legal Technology Survey that one in four firms with at least 100 attorneys have experienced data breaches involving hackers, website attacks or stolen or lost smartphones, tablets or laptop computers. [read post]
28 Sep 2021, 7:35 am by Adam Chan
FIRRMA defines these sensitive businesses as “TID U.S. business”—that (a) “produces, designs, tests, manufactures, or develops … critical technologies,” (b) “owns, operates, manufactures, supplies, or services critical infrastructure,” or (c) “maintains or collects sensitive personal data” of American citizens threatening national security (emphasis added). [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 9:24 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer regularly works with agencies, publishes and speaks extensively on human resources and employee benefits,  medical and other privacy and data security, health and managed care industry regulatory, staffin [read post]
23 Oct 2019, 5:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
OCR enforcement data documents a steady  rise in OCR investigation and enforcement activity. [read post]