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The Consequences of HIPAA Non-Compliance for Insurance Agents
Insurance agents who handle protected health information (PHI) are required to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Failure to comply with HIPAA regulations...
3 Reasons Insurance Agents Need to Follow HIPAA
Health insurance agents became covered under HIPAA with the HITECH Act of 2009. The inclusion of insurance agents was a response to the increasing use of electronic health records and the need to...
Deadline to Report 2023 Small Breaches to Health and Human Services (HHS)
HIPAA breaches affecting less than 500 individuals in 2023 must be reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services by March 1, 2024 An organization has two options when reporting: Report...
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 ...
It’s Time to Report Small Breaches
Deadline for Reporting HIPAA Breaches Affecting Fewer than 500 Individuals – February 28, 2017
HIPAA breaches ...
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 ...
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 ...
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