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How to keep your self-funded health plan off OCR's HIPAA enforcement list
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How to keep your self-funded health plan off OCR's HIPAA enforcement list

Yes, HIPAA applies to a self-funded health plan, and in 2026 the HHS Office for Civil Rights started collecting money to prove it. In April, a Connecticut...

Lena Sokolova

Breaches

The Thomson Reuters C-Track breach shows why vendor backups are a blind spot

Lena Sokolova

The data that leaked in the Thomson Reuters C-Track breach was not sitting in the live court case management system. It was...
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What the CMMC Phase 2 suspension actually changes for your DoD contracts

Lena Sokolova

The Pentagon suspended CMMC Phase 2 on July 13, 2026, and on September 3 it made that suspension binding. Neither action removed...
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