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 ...
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 ...
OCR’s Phase 2 of HIPAA Audit Program Focuses on Business Associates
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement that they will begin auditing Business Associates in October motivated a Covered Entity’s compliance officer ...
Multi-Line Agencies and Privacy Requirements
It's important to train all staff in a multi-line agency on HIPAA Compliance There is a great deal of crossover within a multi-line agencies. Cross-selling group or ...
Strong Passwords – Your Employees Most Important Contribution to Network Security
Are your passwords so easy that a seven year old can figure them out? In 2012, Dropbox verified that the user information of 68 million Dropbox users was stolen. This ...
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