On October 16, 2018 the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) announced an update to their previously provided Security Risk Assessment Tool. According to ONC and OCR, the “tool is designed to help healthcare providers conduct a security risk assessment” as required under the HIPAA Security Rule. ONC states that the updated tool includes additional features such as:
- Enhanced user interface
- Modular workflow
- Custom assessment logic
- Progress ...
Recent Updates
- CMS Receives Its Exclusion Authority: What Happens Now?
- GLOBE Model Final Rule Drops — but Will It Work on a Smaller Scale?
- Congressional Action on Health Care Cybersecurity: HISAA Is Re-Introduced and the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act Moves Forward
- DOJ Corporate Fraud Enforcement Memo: What Health Care Companies Need to Know Now
- Attorneys General of Three States File Two Sweeping Lawsuits Targeting Telehealth Abortion Providers and State Shield Laws