How to Manage a HIPAA Breach
Last week we covered performing a HIPAA Risk Assessment, and also did a webinar on electronic devices. Needless to say it’s been a busy week here at Total HIPAA Compliance. ...
Choosing Your HIPAA Security Officer
Last week we addressed what a practice or billing company needs to take into account when choosing their HIPAA Privacy Officer. If you missed last week’s webinar where I was ...
5 HIPAA Lessons From the Anthem Cyber Attack
Another major hack has come to light. Anthem, Inc. was the victim of a cyber attack. They reported that no patient health records have been compromised, but they think Social ...
HIPAA Privacy Officer—Your Quarterback for HIPAA Compliance
The past 2 weeks, I’ve been guest blogging with our friends NueMD with help from Daniel Brown, Esq. with Taylor English LLP. We have discussed 8 Ways HIPAA Has Changed with ...
7 Reasons You Need Annual HIPAA Retraining
The HIPAA Law states that Covered Entities, Business Associates and Business Associate Subcontractors must train all its workforce members on HIPAA.1 The Law doesn’t give us ...
Is an Audit Trail Enough For HIPAA Compliance?
A client posed this question, and I decided it would be a great opportunity to clarify how you communicate securely with your clients when using encrypted email and the ...
California and a Whole Lot of Breaching Going On
In 2013, the California healthcare sector had a bad year! They were responsible for 15% of the breaches by industry and 6% of the total number of records breached… 6%, that’s ...
Guest Blog: Meet the HIPAA Police
This is another great guest blog from our friends at GRA Benefits: The HIPAA police, a.k.a. the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are happy to meet you if you ...
Stop PHI from Being Stolen
The Total HIPAA blog to-date has focused on strategies to protect your clients’/patients’ information, but we’re going to change it up this week. We recently came across a ...
7 Steps to Take When You Have a HIPAA Complaint
We’ve gotten a few calls about this issue. This is a continuation of our blog from 2 weeks ago. What do you do when a client/patient contacts you about improper use of their ...
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