Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), employees must go through strict training to protect the privacy and safety of private patient data. The landscape of healthcare information security is changing a lot in 2024, and the updated HIPAA training standards are at the head of these changes.  We’ll walk you through the...Read More

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is constantly in flux. New regulations and updates are continuously introduced, keeping healthcare entities and business associates on their toes. As we know, those who fail to comply must pay Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) fines and risk jeopardizing their reputations. Medical practices and businesses...Read More

In the dynamic landscape of healthcare, ensuring patient data security is not just an ethical responsibility but a legal obligation. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll delve into the importance of healthcare breach notification rule compliance for medical professionals, including doctors, office administrators, and those involved in telehealth services. Why It Matters Preserving Patient Trust: As...Read More

HIPAA has evolved to become much more than what it was at its beginnings in 1996. Over the years, new pieces of legislation have been added and the standards themselves now encompass electronic health records and newer issues like PHI on social media. In the vast healthcare environment, it is important for providers to understand...Read More

HIPAA violations can be detrimental to your organization’s reputation, as well as costly. Learn which are the most common, and how to put safeguards in place to avoid them. The Top 10 Most Common HIPAA Violations: Source: HIPAA Journal, February 2023. Snooping on healthcare records from individuals who are not caring for the patient directly...Read More

Why is Vendor Compliance Important? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets high standards for the protection of patient health information (PHI). As a covered entity under HIPAA, practices must be very careful about which vendors they partner with that may also have access to that PHI. Vendors are also called business associates...Read More

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was intentionally designed with broad definitions and scope to encompass future changes. However, throughout its history, there have been times when updates have been necessary. To set the stage for a new year in healthcare, let’s review legal and regulatory changes from the past couple of years,...Read More

The term “HIPAA” is now commonly known and is thrown around a lot, even in everyday life. How do we know exactly who and what HIPAA actually applies to? Who needs to be concerned with HIPAA? While it is good for everyone to have a baseline understanding of how HIPAA works, the organizations that need...Read More

HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules require compliance from not only covered healthcare entities, but their Business Associates (BAs). HIPAA Business Associate (BA) compliance rules were introduced in 2013 in the Final Omnibus Rule. This important rule not only redefined what a Business Associate is, but also applied provisions within the HITECH Act TO BAs. To...Read More

Password requirements to maintain HIPAA compliance are intentionally technology neutral – learn exactly what you need to know to stay compliant. In our digital age, healthcare organizations and covered entities, as well as their business associates need to have a full understanding the HIPAA password requirements. These are important to avoid data breaches of any...Read More