Free tool for healthcare to handle privacy breach investigations

The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has been cracking down on its enforcement of the HIPAA/HITECH Privacy, Security and Data Breach Notification Rules, by investigating entities that have reported data breach and other privacy incidents.

The message to healthcare organizations and providers is clear: OCR is aggressively enforcing rules and violations, resulting in hefty fines and causing reputational damage.

To assist healthcare organizations prepare for, respond to, and successfully handle an OCR investigation, ID Experts
is offering a free toolkit and checklist.

This interactive tool is geared for healthcare compliance, privacy and information security officers to assess privacy risks and mitigate data breach risks, to both survive an OCR investigation, and to reduce the risks of penalties and fines.

“The biggest challenge is that every OCR investigation is different and the only way an organization will survive one is if it is completely aware of the potential paths of the investigator and be prepared,” said Rick Kam, CIPP, president and co-founder of ID Experts. “We want to help organizations get control of their breach notification obligations and protect their patients’ data.”