A History of HIPAA: 8 Things You Should Know
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996 to protect American families from the dangers of losing health insurance coverage. Mainly it was designed to provide workers with insurance portability during a job change or loss. Its...
A Data Breach Affects Your Wallet – and Your Reputation
When you prepare for HIPAA compliance, you may not immediately think about the possibility of a data breach and the fines and penalties associated with it. It is understandable that some of you may have “a breach can’t happen to my company” attitude, but the increase...
The Ins and Outs of Risk Management
Risk Assessment and Risk Management A Risk Assessment1 is a first step in protecting your organization, but it feeds into something as important – Risk Management. What is Risk Management? It’s the process of identifying, evaluating, and then mitigating the risks in...
My Business Just Experienced a Cyber-Attack!
What’s New? Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) released a cybersecurity checklist and infographic in response to the WannaCry ransomware attacks in 2017. HHS OCR provides a breakdown of the steps covered entities, business associates...