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 ›

HIPAA requires all Covered Entities to protect PHI (Protected Health Information) at rest, in storage, and in transit. There is a common misconception that email is a secure way to… 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 ›

“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 ›

Andrew Kroninger, Total HIPAA’s Director of Customer Success, recently interviewed Gil Vidal, founder and CEO of VM Racks, a HIPAA compliant cloud managing solution. The two discussed Gmail’s potential for… Read More ›

HIPAA breaches involving fewer than 500 individuals, which occurred during 2018, must be reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by Friday, March 1, 2019. Reporting… Read More ›