Ensuring network compliance with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is crucial for protecting sensitive information and maintaining trust. HIPAA violations most often occur when covered entities, business associates, or members of either’s workforces fail to comply with the Privacy, Security, or Breach Notification Rules. Here are compliance issues typically encountered in networks:
- Snooping on Healthcare Records: Unauthorized access to patient information.
- Organization-Wide Risk Analysis Failure: Not conducting comprehensive risk assessments.
- Security Risk Management Neglect: Lack of a formal process to manage security risks.
- Delayed Patient Access to Health Records: Not providing or delaying access to patients’ own health records.
- Non-Compliant Business Associate Agreements: Failing to establish compliant agreements with business partners.
- Inadequate ePHI Access Controls: Insufficient measures to restrict access to electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI).
- Lack of Encryption on Portable Devices: Not using encryption to protect ePHI on mobile devices.
- Late Breach Notifications: Not notifying affected parties of data breaches within 60 days.
- Unauthorized PHI Disclosures: Sharing protected health information without permission.
- Improper PHI Disposal: Failing to properly dispose of protected health information.
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