March 1, 2021, is the due date for HIPAA-covered entities to notify the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) about "small" breaches of unsecured.
Develop and Implement Required Policies and Procedures
It is necessary to develop and implement written policies and procedures that comply with federal laws governing the privacy of PHI. The policies and procedures should include, but not be limited to, the following:
Notice of Privacy Practices: Providers are required to develop and provide individuals with their Notice of Privacy Practices. The notice should explain how the provider may use and disclose PHI, and the rights that individuals have to their PHI. A policy should be developed which outlines these requirements, including how the notice will be distributed.
A dental practice paid $10,000 to the OCR for failing to have an adequate Notice of Privacy Practices in place.
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His key accomplishments as a security and privacy leader;
His collaborative approach to leadership;
Why he embraces business and technology change and what he’s learned from it. DeSouza is chief information security and privacy officer at Nexteer Automotive Corp. He has extensive global IT and security leadership and organizational transformation experience, including as a CISO and CIO. His areas of expertise include strategic planning, risk management, identity management, cloud computing and privacy. His current interests include the internet of things, blockchain, zero trust, software defined perimeter and self-sovereign identity. He earned Master’s and PhD degrees from Vanderbilt University. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and has earned the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge. He was honored by the 1st Global Cyber Observatory with induction into the CISO Hall of Fame in September 2019.
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