HIPAA Humor

As you know, misspelling HIPAA (I am NOT going to type it here in its wrong form ... it makes me want to puke) is one of my fave pet peeves. I have long fought this without much success (apparently) as otherwise intelligent people keep doing it. Here is one recent example.

Please make fun of them so that they will stop :-)

UPDATE: others have been just as outraged about it, for years (quote: "AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!")

UPDATE2: here is an easy tip for remembering this, if you are a security vendor: each time you spell HIPAA with two "P"s, think that you are posting a note at your website that says "we are retards; we don't care about compliance and our customer needs; we just want to make money and fuck you." Better now?

HIPAA Growing Teeth, Round II?

Half a year after round one of "HIPAA Growing Teeth" we proudly give you: round deux :-)

Specifially, "CMS to check hospitals for HIPAA security compliance" paper claims that "The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin on-site reviews of hospitals’ compliance with security rules mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. "

Can these guys kick (eeeeh, "bite," not "kick," since we are talking about "growing teeth" :-)) some insecure healthcare ass? Only time will tell, but HIPAA won't be another PCI DSS (for many reasons)