What Should Employers Do if an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19?
With the onset of COVID-19, many employers have had to face the possibility of the virus entering the workplace. Normally, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers are prohibited from asking employees about symptoms or illnesses they’ve experienced....
HIPAA Waiver: How COVID-19 Impacts HIPAA Compliance
On March 13, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the rapid spread of COVID-19. Two days following this statement, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a limited waiver of certain...
COVID-19 HIPAA Compliance Checklist
How do companies who do not usually allow working from home adapt to the COVID-19 crisis? COVID-19 is changing the way we do business and remote work comes with all kinds of administrative and technical challenges. Both employers and employees have questions. This...
Mastering HIPAA Compliance in the Remote Work Era
The rise of remote work has revolutionized how businesses operate, but it has also brought new challenges for organizations that handle protected health information (PHI). Ensuring HIPAA compliance in a remote work environment requires careful planning and...
COVID-19 and HIPAA
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the recent coronavirus outbreak, otherwise known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a public health emergency of international concern. On March 11, WHO characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic, detected in 114...
Password Guidelines Updated by NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its password guidelines in accordance with new research. The U.S. government requires its agencies to follow these guidelines, and many other organizations would benefit from implementing these...
Ransomware Attacks Directed at Businesses Grow
Ransomware attacks have surged in the last year.¹ Healthcare providers and other businesses have fallen victim. Previously, these cyberattacks mostly targeted individuals, who often paid only a few hundred dollars to retrieve their files. Now, many businesses have...
CCPA and HIPAA: Important Intersections
What is CCPA? The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020. This prompted many to ask: how does CCPA impact Covered Entities who comply with the HIPAA law? CCPA is a California state law that establishes new consumer rights relating...