Microsoft End of Support for 2017
Note: We update this list every year. To see the most recent version of this post, click here. There are numerous products that Microsoft will no longer support starting in 2017. If you are still using any of these products, what does this mean to you? For starters,...
It’s Time to Report Small Breaches
Deadline for Reporting HIPAA Breaches Affecting Fewer than 500 Individuals – February 28, 2017 HIPAA breaches involving fewer than 500 individuals, which occurred during 2016, must be reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by Tuesday,...
Top Ten Total HIPAA Blogs of 2016 (Part 2)
The countdown of Total HIPAA’s most popular blogs of 2016 continues this week with #5 through #1. Not surprisingly–the top three are technical topics. If you have any topics you would like us to consider in 2017, please fill out the suggestion form at the end of...
Top Ten Total HIPAA Blogs of 2016 (Part 1)
Total HIPAA published 34 blogs in 2016 covering topics from HHS audits to HIPAA compliant file sharing services. For our final two blogs of 2016, we have compiled a Top 10 Blogs of 2016 list based on our most visited and cited blogs this year. A significant number of...
Charity Week – Pack for a Purpose
This week, we are taking a break from our usual HIPAA Blogs and ask you to remember one of our favorite charities, Pack for a Purpose (PfaP), when you consider your #GivingTuesday donations. The International Day of Giving (#GivingTuesday), November 29th, is one time...
NueMD HIPAA Survey Results
In 2014, NueMD, an Electronic Health Record (EHR) and billing software company, distributed a questionnaire to medical practices and billing companies to gain insights on their knowledge of HIPAA regulations, compliance measures, and communication methods.¹ There were...
Are You Prepared for Ransomware?
Both large and small businesses are warned about hackers getting into their files and demanding a ransom in order to release the blocked access. Businesses are not preparing for the inevitable. It is easy pickings for hackers. The question is not will you face this...
HIPAA and Cloud Computing Part II
Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Civil Rights’ (OCR) Phase 2 of the HIPAA Audit Program is scheduled to begin for business associates with desk audits in November 2016. OCR is randomly selecting business associates for these desk audits from a pool of...