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Heartbleed and HIPAA

by Jason Karn | Apr 14, 2014 | Agents & Brokers, Business Associates, Employers, Medical & Dental Providers

On April 7th, the news hit the wire that there is a serious bug in the OpenSSL program – one of the most popular cryptography programs out there. This bug allowed information normally protected by an SSL/TLS license (a type of encryption) to be compromised. The...

Is it a breach, or not?

by Jason Karn | Apr 6, 2014 | Agents & Brokers, Business Associates, Employers, Medical & Dental Providers

This week we had an interesting question come in. One of our clients was copied by a general agent in a response to an application for health insurance. This message contained ePHI that wasn’t encrypted. Was it a breach? What does that mean for the agents? Does the...

HIPAA and Your Contract Employees

by Jason Karn | Mar 17, 2014 | Agents & Brokers, Business Associates, Employers, Medical & Dental Providers

This week we are dealing with contract employees or independent contractors, either of which are usually paid by 1099. (Note: this does not mean that if they are given a 1099, they are an independent contractor – that is a whole different discussion.) One of our...

Windows XP™ is Gasping for Breath – HIPAA Compliance Becomes an Issue

by Jason Karn | Feb 17, 2014 | Agents & Brokers, Business Associates, Employers, Medical & Dental Providers

Microsoft: Bring out your dead…. Bring out your dead! Windows 8: Here’s one! Windows XP: I’m not dead yet! Windows 8: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won’t be long. Windows XP: I feel fine, I feel happy, I feel happy! (Inspired by Monty...

Updates to Training

by Jason Karn | Feb 6, 2014 | Agents & Brokers, Business Associates, Employers, Medical & Dental Providers

We have been busy adding to our already comprehensive training and updating our programming to make your user experience more satisfactory. Two New Training Modules Added Updates to the Policies and Procedures Additional Compliance Forms For Reporting a Breach Bulk...

Answering Questions: Do I need a business associate agreement for my web provider?

by Jason Karn | Feb 3, 2014 | Agents & Brokers, Business Associates, Employers, Medical & Dental Providers

Today’s blog is going to be a little free form. I’m going to answer some questions that our clients have asked. Q: Hey Jason, I see on the Total HIPAA website that you’re an opera singer when you’re not the Director of IT for Total HIPAA? How does that work? A: For...

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