A Beginner’s Guide to the HIPAA Business Associate Agreement

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) provides a legal framework for protecting private medical information. The law protects not only personally identifiable information but virtually all data collected by…

5 Best Practices to Incorporate in Your HIPAA Security Policy

Maintaining compliance with The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is essential for any medical organization. HIPAA violations can cost your organization up to $50,000 per violation. Having an effective, well designed…

Guide: What is HIPAA Compliance?

Are you familiar with HIPAA compliance? Is your organization doing all that it is required to protect patient records? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has become very important in recent years. This is because…

What is Penetration Testing?

You might've heard of the term penetration testing if you work in computers, software, or web design fields. But what is penetration testing? And why should you bother with it? Cyber threats, unfortunately, are very real in this day and…

How to Report and Prevent HIPAA Violations

As a medical and healthcare professional, you know that HIPAA laws and enforcement procedures are constantly evolving. Sometimes, it's hard to keep up. Still, that doesn't mean that you won't be held responsible in the event of a HIPAA violation. In…

Cybersecurity in the Workplace is Everyone’s Business

Since the start of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, there have been more than 167,000 complaints and potential violations. As a medical professional, it's your responsibility to ensure that the medical information and data of your patients aren't compromised. However,…

10 Common HIPAA Violations to be Aware Of

Proper ethics and policies to protect people's privacy in the healthcare industry have to be taken seriously. If your medical practice happens to get sloppy, HIPAA violation penalties can start as high as $50,000 per violation. The total amount…

What is a HIPAA Risk Assessment and Why Do You Need One?

Are you in the medical field? Then you know just how important HIPAA is. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act passed in 1996 in an effort to provide data privacy and security standards. Protecting medical information has…

How to Avoid HIPAA Violations on Social Media

HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was passed in 1996 to streamline the U.S. healthcare system. It also protects patient privacy and manages how electronic data is handled. The revisions passed in 2013 known as…

HIPAA Compliant Health Marketing

It is a legal obligation for every medical service provider to safeguard a client's right to privacy and protect their personal and medical information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) is the law that ensures…

How HIPAA Enforcement Protocols May Be Changing Soon

When it comes to protecting private medical information, proper HIPAA enforcement is of paramount importance. With the change of hands in power, this enforcement may be changing as well. Learn what this could mean here. How We Got Here Since…

8 Easy Mistakes That Can Lead to HIPAA Violation Fines

HIPAA violations are a regular occurrence in the medical field. But you might be surprised to discover that there have been over 160,000 HIPAA complaints since 2003. The HIPAA Privacy Rule is a set of federally mandated standards used…

HIPAA Compliance Training for Medical Practices

HIPAA compliance training is crucial to healthcare and medical professionals everywhere. Most importantly, it is an ongoing process to ensure staff are fully compliant in the protection of a patient's protected health information, or "PHI"…

HIPAA IT Compliance: Let’s Talk About Cyber Security

Running a medical facility today means focusing on the safety and security of your patients and their data. Not only is this an ethical responsibility, it is also a legal one. That's why every hospital and health care provider needs to be prepared…

How To Prepare For A HIPAA Audit

While a HIPAA audit is something you might be dreading, it is necessary. They can be intimidating and stressful, but they are an important part of protecting crucial information. Healthcare information is one of the most highly targeted areas…

HIPAA Email Rules Your Medical Practice Should Be Following

It's increasingly important for a good medical practice to communicate with its patients, and one of those options is via email. Well, there might be a better way to word that. Here's another. Every practice should be able to communicate with…