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Wellpoint Screws Up Again

by HIPAA Admin on July 1, 2010

in HIPAA Headlines

As noted in Reuters:
WellPoint Inc., has warned some 470,000 people who applied for its health insurance that a website security glitch may have exposed their Social Security numbers and other sensitive data to the public….The glitch was introduced…by a contractor who upgraded the site….
A couple of things to note here:

Large companies can (and will) continue [...]

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A recent national survey* of Hospital Compliance Officers shows concrete data confirming what we see every day in private practices.
Compliance with HIPAA is miserably low.
Some survey numbers are below, but first some clarity.
This survey was of hospitals.
More specifically, large organizations that have lots of money to pay people,
like Hospital Compliance Officers, to ensure they are [...]

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