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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Falls Short in Response to Healthcare Data Breaches

Posted in Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, HIPAA/HITECH, Privacy Regulation

Written by Stephen Bentfield  and previously published in Mintz Levin’s Health Law & Policy Matters Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the results of a study entitled CMS Response to Breaches and Medical Identity Theft.  OIG had two objectives for commencing this study.  First, OIG sought to determine whether… Continue Reading