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While strong, complex passwords are an effective first line of defense when securing business accounts and ...

PHI Retention: How Long Should You Hold on to Protected Health Information?

Do you need to retain PHI after termination of a contract? There are several different answers to this question, ...

HIPAA Compliant efax Provider Recommendations

Many HIPAA compliant organizations need to send and receive electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) on a ...

What You Need to Know About HIPAA Retraining

It might feel like it was yesterday that your business went through its last HIPAA compliance training. Then, all ...

Cybersecurity Attacks Are Increasing. How Can You Keep Your Data Safe?

Phishing, ransomware, and supply chain attacks have surged in 2021. Following several significant data breaches in ...

Selecting a HIPAA Security Officer

For many companies handling Protected Health Information (PHI), ransomware attacks and other cybersecurity threats ...

Can Employers Ask for Proof of Vaccination?

As states reopen and companies invite employees back into the workplace, an employee’s vaccination status will ...

HIPAA Privacy Officer — How to Select One?

The HIPAA rule mandates that each Covered Entity and Business Associate of a Covered Entity designate a HIPAA ...

How to Prepare for a HIPAA Audit

Part of being HIPAA compliant is making sure that you’re ready at all times for the possibility of a HIPAA audit ...

Repercussions of a Security Breach

Security breaches are something that few businesses address before they happen. And yet, most breaches could have ...

How Has COVID-19 Affected HIPAA Enforcement?

Jason Karn, Total HIPAA’s Chief Compliance Officer, recently talked with David Smith, a nationally recognized ...

HIPAA Enforcement: 2021 Predictions for Agents and Brokers

Jason Karn, Total HIPAA’s Chief Compliance Officer, recently spoke with David Smith, a nationally recognized ...

Business Associate Agreement: Everything Explained

The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires all Covered Entities to have a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with any ...

Microsoft End of Support 2021

Every year, we publish Microsoft’s End of Support list because using up-to-date programming is key for HIPAA ...

Deadline for Reporting HIPAA Breaches Affecting Fewer than 500 Individuals: March 1, 2021

HIPAA breaches involving fewer than 500 individuals, which occurred during 2020, must be reported to the US ...

Most Popular HIPAA Topics This Year

Here at Total HIPAA, we pride ourselves on providing helpful resources for all businesses striving for HIPAA ...

Webinar Followup: Your Cybersecurity Questions Answered

Thank you to everyone who submitted questions and attended our 31 Days of Cybersecurity webinar. In this blog post ...

31 Days of Cybersecurity

Total HIPAA Hosts 31 Days of Cybersecurity – Interactive Online Event Culminating in Webinar Total HIPAA ...

Quasi-HIPAA Compliance

Jason Karn, Total HIPAA’s Chief Compliance Officer, recently interviewed Erik Kangas, founder and CEO of LuxSci. ...

Cyber Thieves Thrive During Natural Disasters