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HIPAA and Medical Records Retention Requirements by State
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires Covered Entities and Business Associates to maintain required documentation for a minimum of six (6) ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It’s Time to Report Small Breaches
Deadline for Reporting HIPAA Breaches Affecting Fewer than 500 Individuals – February 28, 2017
HIPAA breaches involving fewer than 500 individuals, which occurred during ...
Are You Prepared for Ransomware?
Both large and small businesses are warned about hackers getting into their files and demanding a ransom in order to release the blocked access. Businesses are not preparing ...
HIPAA and Cloud Computing Part II
Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Civil Rights’ (OCR) Phase 2 of the HIPAA Audit Program is scheduled to begin for business associates with desk audits in November ...
Encrypting Devices
Most electronic devices come with the ability to encrypt the internal drive. Encrypting your data adds an extra protection to your files by minimizing the risk of a breach in ...
HIPAA Compliant Email Encryption Review
Covered Entities, Business Associates and Business Associate Subcontractors are required to protect the PHI they store and come in contact with at rest, storage and transit. ...
Featured Resources
Is Gmail HIPAA Compliant?
Gmail is not automatically HIPAA compliant, however, you can implement security measures…
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Free Download: HIPAA 101
How well do you meet basic HIPAA regulations? Our HIPAA Compliance 101 resource outlines the key…
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How to Use HIPAA to Defend Against Common Cybersecurity Attacks
While much of the anti-malware technology we have to protect us from hackers has become…
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Free Webinar: Annual HIPAA Requirements & Security Standards
In this webinar, we discussed annual HIPAA requirements, document review, and the compliance…
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