Whether a change in your business structure came about from the pandemic, or it just makes more sense for your team, remote work is the norm for many more professionals today than it was in years past. If you’re in healthcare, this means that you need to factor in the HIPAA component as well as...
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule was established to identify and further outline accountability within the entities of healthcare regarding patient data. To understand the HIPAA Omnibus Rule and how it affects these entities, we need to understand who and what are the “moving parts” that make up the operation. Once we recap these key components, we’ll...
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 categories as it pertains to their guidance on satisfying the safe harbor...
Good Intentions Your workday in your healthcare business may start out with a clear plan of what you have ahead – you have your task list and work items to get through. But when it comes to cybersecurity, we need to be made aware of things in a timely and efficient manner. It may be...
“We’re being audited!” Those words strike fear and uncertainty in most of us – especially if you are in healthcare. But what actually happens in a HIPAA audit? Will a government official show up unannounced with a briefcase and ask for you to produce every bit of your business’s HIPAA documentation while sequestering your team...
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