May 12, 2017 | Breach, HIPAA Violations, HSN, Phishing, Risk Assessment
George DeCesare, Chief Technology Risk Officer for Kaiser Permanente, met with the Health and Human Services Department as well as other security experts and came away with some shocking truth. An article on Healthcare IT News provides some great insight on why...
Feb 23, 2017 | HSN, MACRA, Risk Assessment
Congress may be poised to roll back the Affordable Care Act, but HIPAA and MACRA, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid’s (CMS) new model for reimbursements, are as certain to remain as death and taxes. Moreover, MACRA and HIPAA go hand in hand. ...
Jan 18, 2017 | HSN, Policies and Procedures, Risk Assessment
In the January, 2017 edition of the OCR Cyber Newsletter (PDF), OCR gives guidance to what is required from Covered Entities and Business Associate regarding auditing / monitoring of access to PHI. Covered Entities and Business Associates should make sure that they...
Jan 6, 2017 | HSN, Meaningful Use, Risk Assessment
We frequently get asked about the timing of when a Security Risk Assessment (SRA) needs to be performed for Meaningful Use. So here is some guidance: SRA for Meaningful Use A SRA needs to be performed before a provider attests for Meaningful Use. According to...
Dec 19, 2016 | HSN, MACRA, Risk Assessment
MACRA regulation (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act) commences January 1, 2017. MACRA significantly changes the way physicians are paid and overall Medicare reimbursements. Learn more in our 80 second video The post MACRA regulation commences January 1,...
Nov 30, 2016 | HSN, MACRA, Risk Assessment
MORRISTOWN, NJ (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 21, 2016 HIPAA Secure Now! is set to handle security risk assessments that will be required of medical practices, under the new MACRA regulation (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act), which commences January 1, 2017. HIPAA...
