The Importance of Professional Risk Assessment for HIPAA Compliance

Within the past few years, there were 4 billion confidential records compromised within the workplace. If you are a covered entity, these facts may be startling to you. After all, you work with private patient information, and those patients…
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Key Advantages of Online HIPAA Training

As you probably already know, HIPAA is a federal law that created national standards to protect sensitive information from being disclosed without a patient's permission. Therefore, HIPAA compliance is not an option if you're a medical…
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How to Handle HIPAA Violations

A patient's medical history is immensely valuable. As a healthcare provider, it's an essential duty on your part to protect against any violations of patient privacy. Unfortunately, this isn't always possible.  Even the best of offices…

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

The healthcare sector is one of the industries that face the most cyberattacks. An example of this is Anthem who had 78.8-million patient records stolen in 2015. Protecting your patient data is essential. It should be a priority within your…
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Get HIP: How Long Does It Take to Get HIPAA Certification?

It's no secret that maintaining proper compliance in the healthcare industry is one of the most important obligations that businesses have in this space. But, not everybody knows everything they should about it, which could compromise the safety…
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How to Get an HIPAA Training Certificate and Why It’s Important

In November 2020, there were 250,000 complaints stating that HIPAA laws had been in violation. Resulting in repercussions that cost thousands of dollars in fines and even jail time up to ten years. These can be terrifying facts For those in…
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How Long Does It Take to Get HIPAA Certified? Your HIPAA Guide

Accessing patient information online is becoming more prevalent every passing year. In 2020, telehealth saw a 154% increase in use because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Healthcare organizations that transmit any electronic information connected…
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HIPAA Help: What Type of Questions Are Required in a Risk Assessment HIPAA?

Knowing that you need to conduct a Risk Assessment for HIPAA compliance is one thing. Figuring out how to go about it is something else.  For better or worse, the Office for Civil Rights does not require covered entities…

7 Things You Need To Know Before Getting Your HIPAA Certification

As a healthcare provider, one of the most important responsibilities that you have is to protect patient health information. This is a responsibility that health care providers must take seriously as they have an ethical duty to protect…
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HIPAA Security Requires IT Experts: Don’t Leave Your System Vulnerable

The illegal drug trade is worth $400 billion annually, while cybercriminals earn $600 billion each year. They find and sell our digital information to the highest bidder and use any cybersecurity weaknesses they can find against us. Protected…
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Clever Tricks a Healthcare Provider Can Use to Simplify Their HIPAA Reporting

Last year healthcare providers across the country paid right around $12 million for HIPAA violations.  These types of privacy violations are one of the biggest threats to the financial success of any healthcare provider Luckily, most…
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Get a Health Information System Risk Assessment Before It Is Too Late!

In the ten years between 2009 and 2019, hackers broke into health information systems nearly 1500 times. In total, around 170 million Americans were affected.  These breaches had real and serious consequences for both the victims and…

What Is HIPAA and What Does HIPAA Stand For?

Is your business operating under the jurisdiction of HIPAA? If so, do you know what does HIPAA stand for?  In premise, HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This legislation has set security and data…
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Compliance With Rules: Understanding HIPAA Security Standards

HIPAA compliance is more than establishing a general sense of security with patient information. You're required to do more than what you believe is a "good job." The HIPAA Security Rule demands strict compliance. And being out…

New HIPAA Privacy Rules: Everything You Need to Know Going into 2021

In 2021, it will be 25 years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was introduced. The legislation is in place to protect the intimate and personal information associated with the medical profession. In those…

Is a HIPAA Risk Assessment Mandatory? (The Answer Is Yes)

Are you wondering whether or not a HIPAA risk assessment is mandatory? Well, the answer is yes.  So what is a HIPAA risk assessment? In premise, it's not particular, as the Department of Health & Human Services recognizes that…