Entries from Realtime Community | IT Compliance tagged with 'medical identity theft'
I just ran across this U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) press release from January 20, 2009......
Posted by Rebecca Herold on February 20, 2009 7:47 PM
For day 2 of Global Security Week I want to highlight the growing problem of medical identity theft......
Posted by Rebecca Herold on September 9, 2008 10:39 AM
Today I communicated with Sue Marquette Poremba at SC Magazine for an article she published this afternoon, "Proliferating HIPAA complaints and medical record breaches" She had seen my blog posting from yesterday, "HIPAA Complaints And Associated Resolutions Since 2003" and...
Posted by Rebecca Herold on May 23, 2008 7:43 PM
The U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has required compliance from covered entities (CEs) since 2003. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the Federal agency with regulatory oversight for compliance; with the Office of Civil...
Posted by Rebecca Herold on May 22, 2008 12:25 PM
One of the sessions I attended at the IAPP Privacy Academy this past week was "APEC Update - Self Regulatory Approaches to Cross Border Transfers of Personal Data." The presenters were: Pamela Jones Harbour, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Marty...
Posted by Rebecca Herold on October 27, 2007 2:57 PM
I want to revisit the blog posting I made a few days ago, "Average Cost of ID Theft Per Victim is $31,356" Some folks gave me some feedback, saying that they thought this cost was way too high based upon...
Posted by Rebecca Herold on October 26, 2007 3:14 PM
I have had relatives very close to me who, because of degenerative diseases and medical problems, have had to go to long term care (LTC) facilities. I always worried about the care they were receiving when I was not around....
Posted by Rebecca Herold on June 19, 2007 1:00 AM
On Wednesday the Queens Gazette ran a report on medical identity theft. This certainly is an issue of concern. I blogged about medical identity theft earlier this year. Combining identity theft with unauthorized access to medical information certainly can lead...
Posted by Rebecca Herold on December 22, 2006 10:48 AM
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