The Compliance Insider Blog | Healthcare Compliance Pros - Page 43

Importance of Identifying and Managing Risks

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

CYA to Prevent CIA

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

Smartphones and Healthcare : What's the Rule on Recording?

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

It's that time of year again: Vacation season is here!

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

NICS Disclosures Final Rule Nullified

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

Failure to Comply with HIPAA Rules Results in Costly Civil Monetary Penalty

Imagine your practice filed a breach report with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) a few years ago regarding the loss of a smartphone that contained unsecured... Continue Reading

Top 5 Reasons Why Healthcare Organizations Are Not HIPAA Compliant

Given that HIPAA was first enacted in 1996, healthcare professionals have had 21 years to perfectly design, implement, and execute compliance plans. However, the reality for most organizations is that HIPAA... Continue Reading

HHS Guidance on HIPAA, Same-sex Marriage and Patients' Loved Ones

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published "Guidance on HIPAA, Same-sex Marriage, and Sharing Information with Patients' Loved Ones." The new FAQ OCR issued... Continue Reading

First HIPAA settlement based on untimely reporting involved hard copy PHI

Occasionally we answer questions regarding what constitutes a reportable breach. Questions such as: Isn't it only a reportable breach if the incident involves electronic protected health information (ePHI)? What... Continue Reading

Assess Your HIPAA Security Risk Analysis Knowledge

Answer the three questions below to assess your knowledge about HIPAA Security Risk Analysis. The answers to the questions are listed in three short paragraphs following the true or false assessment. True or False:... Continue Reading