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COVID-19 HIPAA Compliance Checklist
How do companies who do not usually allow working from home adapt to the COVID-19 crisis? COVID-19 is changing the way we do business and remote work comes with all kinds of administrative and...
Meeting HIPAA Requirements When Working Remotely
More and More Employees Are Working Remotely In the last 10 years, the number of people telecommuting in the U.S. has increased by a staggering 115 percent.1 Ever-evolving technology is making it...
COVID-19 and HIPAA
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the recent coronavirus outbreak, otherwise known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a public health emergency of international concern. On March...
Are You Prepared for Ransomware?
Both large and small businesses are warned about hackers getting into their files and demanding a ransom in order ...
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 ...
Encrypting Devices
Most electronic devices come with the ability to encrypt the internal drive. Encrypting your data adds an extra ...
HIPAA Compliant Email Encryption Review
Covered Entities, Business Associates and Business Associate Subcontractors are required to protect the PHI they ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Update: Disaster Recovery
In the midst of tropical storm season, we want to remind you of the importance of a Disaster Recovery Plan. The ...
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Guidance
Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, is when employers allow their employees to use their own electronic devices ...
HHS is Focusing in on Small Breaches
If you think HIPAA won’t be enforced for small breaches, think again. On August 18, 2016, OCR announced its intent ...
Update: Increase in Estimated Cost of a HIPAA Breach
With Phase 2 of HIPAA audits in full swing, many companies are worried about potential fines and penalties from the
How HIPAA Can Help Deter Hackers
The number of hacks and breaches that occur continues to rise exponentially. Though you may have security measures ...
Update: HIPAA Compliant File Sharing
There is an updated file sharing review blog here.
File sharing is a critical tool used by businesses and ...
Do You Have a Disaster Recovery Plan, and Have You Tested It?
As much as we hope every business is preparing a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) to deal with the growing ...
Why an Employer Group Has to Be HIPAA Compliant
We are often asked why employers should worry about being HIPAA compliant when HHS says that employers are exempt ...
We Had a HIPAA Breach – Now What Do We Do?
Are you prepared if a breach happens to you? Hopefully, you already have a plan in place and know exactly what to ...
Is Your HIPAA Security Plan for Cloud Computing Bullet-Proof?
When HIPAA laws were first established in 1996, large-scale cloud storage was in its infancy. Today, it would be ...
Employees Are Your Biggest HIPAA Vulnerability
While 2015 was accurately dubbed “The Year of the Healthcare Hack”, according to Experian’s 2016 Data Breach ...
Real World Cost of a HIPAA Breach
When we talk about HIPAA compliance much of the emphasis is on avoiding Office of Civil Rights (OCR) fines and ...
A Real World Breach – Why HIPAA Compliance Matters
Developing and implementing a HIPAA compliance plan can often seem like preparing for a tornado on a sunny day. ...
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