The HIPAA rule mandates that each covered entity and business associate of a covered entity designate a HIPAA Privacy Officer (PO), and the job’s a big one. With the many… Read More ›

Jason Karn, Total HIPAA Chief Compliance Officer, spoke with Greg Manson, Direct of Security, Audit, and Compliance at Carolinas IT, about the process of hiring a Managed Service Provider (MSP)…. Read More ›

The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires all Covered Entities to have a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with any Business Associate (BA) they hire that may come in contact with PHI…. Read More ›

HIPAA compliant file sharing apps are necessary if your company is dealing with personal health data. File sharing is a critical tool used by businesses and healthcare providers to easily… Read More ›

In this blog post, we review eight email encryption vendors (Barracuda, Egress, Hushmail, Indentillect, LuxSci, Protected Trust, Rmail, & Virtru) who provide HIPAA compliant email encryption services that will keep… Read More ›

HIPAA compliant text messaging apps protect sensitive data, like Protected Health Information (PHI) in transit. Today, everyone uses text messaging (“texting”) for easy and quick communication. It is a great… Read More ›

What is Protected Health Information? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a 1996 law that regulates privacy standards in the healthcare sector. In the early 1990s, it… Read More ›

A Password Manager Can Help Pave The Way To HIPAA Compliance We’re storing more information online than ever before. The average Internet user has at least 90 online accounts, and… Read More ›

“HIPAA.” “HITECH.” “Omnibus Rule.” Are these words as commonplace in your organization as “insurance” or “deductible?” Maybe they should be. These three government laws are a force to be reckoned… Read More ›