Healthcare

Kyle Duke, Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Security Officer at Cigna-HealthSpring shares how Cigna HealthSpring manages data security to maintain compliance with HIPAA’s strict data protection regulations in our customer video. Cigna-HealthSpring got its start in 2000 and is now a leading health service company in the US, based in Nashville, Tennessee. As one of the largest and fastest-growing coordinate care plans with a focus on Medicare Advantage plans,...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights released the HIPAA omnibus final rule last month, implementing a number of provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act to strengthen the privacy and security protections for health information established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). It is expected that the final rule will be followed by strong enforcement, so...

I recently wrote an article for Corporate Compliance Insights on “What Every Corporate Audit Officer Should Comply With,” looking at the key responsibilities a CAO plays in many corporate and healthcare organizations. With privacy and compliance laws expanding, the need for transparency is increasing and how organizations use and share private information is evolving. The role of a Chief Audit Officer (CAO) is an essential one, holding key responsibilities...

An estimated 32.8 million hours of interaction will be required by the healthcare industry to comply with the privacy and security rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), of which 619,000 hours are considered a “new burden” associated with the HIPAA omnibus final rule published by the The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights in September of this year. According to the data...

In our recent healthcare survey, we found that 61% of hospital and health systems have at least 50% of their employees using mobile devices for work. Although BYOD devices are being used by hospitals, with 36% of these accessing protected health information (PHI), 63% of these healthcare organizations do not have a formal policy for BYOD. Our survey revealed that the top concerns about mobile devices are regulatory non-compliance,...