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Could Your Practice Be The Next “University Hospital”?
YES! - If Your Practice Conducts Backups With One Of These Unencrypted Methods
   
Flash Drive Backup Tape CDR External Hard Drive
Elevated Risk Elevated Risk Elevated Risk Elevated Risk
All these methods are Easy-to-Steal, Eassy-to-Destroy, Easy-to-Forget and Easy-to-Lose
Many healthcare practices use these methods to create backup sets of their PHI in accordance CLIA and CMS regulations. The regulations mandate the safeguard of PHI for a period of no less than 10 in the most stringent states.
These methods are commonplace and create unimaginable high levels of exposure for physicians and healthcare practices combined. There are countless reports of disgruntled employees losing, misplacing, and erasing patient data.
The Penalties
Tier A
$100 per violation, not to exceed $25,000 (per calendar year) for violations in which the healthcare entity did not realize they violated the Act and would have acted in a different manner if they had prior knowledge.
Tier B
$1,000 per violation, not to exceed $100,000 (per calendar year) for violations due to reasonable cause, but not cannot be constituted as “willful neglect.”
Tier C
$10,000 per violation, not to exceed $250,000 (per calendar year) for violations due to willful neglect and which were eventually corrected by the healthcare identity.
Tier D
$50,000 per violation, not to exceed $1,500,000 (per calendar year) for violations of willful neglect and which the organization did not bother to correct the event.
Being a “Cybercrime Statistic” →VERY Expensive
“Doing it Right” → Affordable, Efficient and Safe!
Mitigating the Risks and Creating a More Robust and Dependable Medical Practice
Fortunately, being proactive, compliant and low risk is easier and cheaper than ever!
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