The Compliance Insider 

On May 8th, Healthcare Compliance Pros will be launching a new reporting feature for Account Administrators. This new and improved report will provide a snapshot view of the compliance performance for your account.... Continue Reading

A Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is not optional. If you have a vendor who performs certain functions or activities involving protected health information (PHI), you must have a signed BAA in place. Recently the... Continue Reading

There are just a few requirements in the statutes, like too many to count along with various interpretations and opinions. The Federal Government is famous for many things, but specificity is not one of them. So... Continue Reading

Whether your practice accesses, creates, modifies, or stores electronic protected health information (ePHI) you must do everything possible to reduce, and eliminate as much as possible, any risks to that information.... Continue Reading

In mid-October 2016, CMS requirements under Section 1557 Final Rule began. Healthcare Compliance Pros has answered several questions regarding Section 1557. The following list includes answers to the top frequently... Continue Reading

Over the years, Healthcare Compliance Pros (HCP) has prided itself in easily accessible and personalized customer service. Our representatives are always on the ready to answer a call or respond to an emailed request... Continue Reading

At first when you read CIA in the title of this article, you may have asked yourself why in the world we would write about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). And you may be wondering why you would need to cover... Continue Reading

Smartphone usage is not only becoming more common but the variety of medical aid tools available to consumers on their smartphones continues to grow each year. Roughly 77 percent of Americans own a smartphone. ... Continue Reading

With Spring Break underway, Easter just around the corner, and summer on the horizon do you know how your organization manages time-off for employees during vacation season?Have you checked your policies and... Continue Reading

Just last year, HHS issued a final rule modifying the HIPAA Privacy Rule to expressly permit certain, but not all, HIPAA covered entities to disclose the identities of individuals who are subject to a federalmental... Continue Reading