Infographic: Do You Know the Top 10 HIPAA Violations?
Over the past week, we’ve discussed some of the most common HIPAA violations you should look out for. In the first blog post of this series, we talked about lost and stolen devices, hacking, dishonesty, and the improper disposal of documents. To complete the...
The Top 10 HIPAA Violations and How to Prevent Them (Part 2)
Here is the second part of our 2 part series we did for NeuMD. If you would like to see the original article, you can view that Welcome back! If you missed the first installment of our Top 10 HIPAA Violations blog, you can read it here. Now, let’s take a look at...
The Top 10 HIPAA Violations and How to Prevent Them
This is a guest post we did for our friends over at NeuMD. You can see the original article here Wouldn’t it be great if there weren’t hackers, lost devices were always returned intact, and employees followed the rules? Unfortunately, that is not the case. Everyday we...
The HIPAA Audits Are Coming!
For the last 24 months, we’ve heard in the blogosphere – HIPAA AUDITS ARE IMMINENT! Well, it appears we are one step closer to the promised Phase 2 audits required under the HITECH Act. (You can learn about the Phase 1 Audits here). HHS has just released their Phase 2...
7 Reasons For Implementation of Annual HIPAA Retraining
Annual HIPAA training and retraining is a necessary step for your business to become and maintain HIPAA compliance and prevent HIPAA violations. Click through 7 Reasons You Need to Implement HIPAA Retraining slides to find out why! 7 Reasons You Need to Implement...
Seven Steps to Take When You Have A HIPAA Complaint
Seven Steps to Take When You have A HIPAA Compliant from Jason Karn
How to Manage a HIPAA Breach
Last week we covered performing a HIPAA Risk Assessment, and also did a webinar on electronic devices. Needless to say it’s been a busy week here at Total HIPAA Compliance. Without further ado… We have a HIPAA Breach! These words will make any practice owner’s heart...
HIPAA Risk Assessment – Is this required?
Risk Assessment – Is this required? Yes, performing a Risk Assessment is required by HHS1. If you are audited, you will be required to show a Risk Assessment as a part of your Compliance Plan. Imagine going to an IRS audit without any tax returns. Your Risk...