HIPAA, MACRA, and Your Practice
HIPAA, MACRA, and Your Practice: Steps to Compliance NueMD, in partnership with Total HIPAA, is presenting the second of three webinars on health care compliance for medical practices and billing companies. Join Jason Karn, Chief Compliance Officer at Total HIPAA, as...
First HIPAA, then MACRA
MACRA and Your Practice Total HIPAA is partnering with NueMD and Smartlink Mobile to conduct a series of live webinars on health care compliance for small medical practices and billing companies. Join us as we discuss what you need to know about the new MACRA...
Tools to Help with HIPAA Compliance
HIPAA secures Protected Health Information and finding different ways to package HIPAA content can make it easier for your staff to learn, increase retention levels, and in turn protect your practice. The proper tools and resources prepare your organization for a...
Navigating HIPAA and State-Specific Medical Records Retention Requirements
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates that Covered Entities and Business Associates retain certain documentation for a minimum of six years. However, state laws may have their own retention requirements. Key Takeaways:...
Auditing Business Associates
Have you Audited your HIPAA Business Associates? This question comes up frequently when we are working on HIPAA Policies and Procedures for our clients. The answer is rarely “yes”. We find that most folks don’t even know where to begin with this process, or they’ve...
Implementing HIPAA is More Than Meeting Government Regulations
Recently, I was on a vacation in Germany, and as I visited several medieval cities, I had two thoughts. First, Germany certainly has a lot of walled cities, and second, city walls are a great analogy for HIPAA Compliance. (Don’t worry, I didn’t spend the whole...
The FTC Act and HIPAA Protect the Same Information
You collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about your patients, employees and clients, which can be linked to their medical, educational, financial, and employment data. If you are an employer offering health benefits or a healthcare provider you follow all...
Microsoft End of Support for 2017
Note: We update this list every year. To see the most recent version of this post, click here. There are numerous products that Microsoft will no longer support starting in 2017. If you are still using any of these products, what does this mean to you? For starters,...