The Department of Health and Human Services's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced last week that it has launched Phase 2 of its HIPAA Audit Program. Under this Audit Program, OCR will review whether entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Data Breach Notification ...
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced two, multimillion dollar settlements relating to “potential” privacy and security violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Both settlements stem from the entity’s reports to OCR ...
As the April 15th tax filing deadline draws near, cybercrime related to filing fraudulent tax returns to obtain tax refunds has picked up. On March 1, 2016, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued an Alert for Payroll & HR Professionals on scam emails that attempt to trick company personnel into turning over employee W-2s ...
UPDATE: Senate Bill 23 did not become law during 2016 Kentucky Legislative Session. The bill was passed unanimously by the Senate. It was then sent to the House, where it was read twice, amended, but never read for the third and final time.
Overview
The Commonwealth of Kentucky’s General Assembly is considering a bill which would permit parents ...