Dec 13, 2022 | HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Violations, HSN, Security Reminders
HIPAA & Tracking Technologies Tracking technologies such as Google Analytics and Meta Pixel are designed to collect and analyze user data for online activity. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently...
Nov 8, 2022 | asset management, Healthcare Industry, HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Violations, HSN, Security Reminders
Having an asset management plan is essential to your healthcare business. Similar to how you’d want a list of your household items for insurance coverage in the event of theft or loss, you need to know the details and access them quickly. Especially if an item...
Oct 4, 2022 | HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Violations, HSN, Risk Assessment
The HIPAA Security Rule mandates that covered entities must conduct a security risk assessment or SRA. This includes health care plans for individuals, government plans (Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare), and employer-sponsored plans. Providers that conduct electronic...
Sep 12, 2022 | HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Violations, HSN, PHI disposal, Security Reminders
Is Your Trash a HIPAA Violation? In the case of the New England Dermatology and Laser Center (NEDLC), their trash was a violation. And a costly one with a $300.640 fee attached. A security guard found a container with identifying information on the attached label. ...
Jul 19, 2022 | HIPAA Audits, HIPAA Right to Access, HSN, Right to Access
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) isn’t offering leniency just because you’re a small business. Action will be taken, despite the impact that a HIPAA fine can have on this sector of healthcare. And as eleven recent investigations prove the point, many of those...
May 16, 2022 | 18 Identifiers, HIPAA Audits, HSN, PHI
18 HIPAA PHI Identifiers HIPAA regulations are in place to ensure that you protect and secure the patient data that as a healthcare business, you have access to and collect. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has identified 18 patient identifier...
