Microsoft used to be one of the only large cloud providers that was willing to sign a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA). That has changed now that Google has announced that they will sign a BAA for customers that use their Google Apps platform. Google Apps includes: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, and Google Apps...
Leon Rodriguez, director of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), spoke this week at the HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum in Boston. Rodriquez gave some interesting insight into where HIPAA enforcement is going. The permanent audit program is scheduled to be in place the beginning of 2014....
September 23, 2013, the official date that HIPAA Omnibus regulations are enforced. One of the results of the new HIPAA Omnibus Rule is that it has raised awareness of HIPAA regulations. Existing covered entities (hospitals, physicians, dentists, chiropractors) and business associates (IT companies, medical billing, law firms, etc.) are scurrying around in efforts to be...
HIPAA Omnibus Rule Enforcement Countdown [framed_box bgColor=”#d5d5d5″ textColor=”#BC1310″ rounded=”true”] HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule enforcement begins on September 23, 2013 [fergcorp_cdt_single date=”09/23/2013″] Eastern Standard Time [/framed_box] Are you ready? (Click on the links below for more information) Covered Entities Have you performed a Risk Assessment? Have you provided HIPAA security training for all employees? Do you...
Morristown, NJ (SBWIRE) – July 23, 2013 –HIPAA Secure Now! announced today that the HIPAA Secure Now! annual HIPAA compliance subscription will include $100,000 of financial protection from HIPAA breach and violation expenses. The financial protection will be included in the HIPAA Secure Now! annual compliance subscription for 50 employees or less. The financial protection...
We have previously written about the risk of business associates (BAs) to patient information here and here. Now we have another large data breach caused by a hospital’s business associate. An article over at the Star Telegram goes into the details. A contractor for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth failed to destroy hundreds...
Microsoft has announced that they have updated their Business Associate Agreement (BAA) for Microsoft Office 365. The new BAA addresses the requirements in the HIPAA Omnibus Rule that went into effect on March 26, 2013. Addressing HIPAA is embedded in the DNA of Microsoft’s cloud solutions, and Microsoft updated its BAA to help healthcare organizations...
There is a very good article over at HealthData Management called Want to Impress OCR During a HIPAA Audit? Write a Book The author discusses the benefits of creating a “Book of Evidence” that your organization is in HIPAA compliance if you were to get audited by the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Creating...
We have put together some useful information on Microsoft’s HIPAA compliant cloud based Office 365 service. The Office 365 suite of products enables communication and collaboration while providing the required HIPAA security to protect patient information. Microsoft is the only leading cloud provider that will sign a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement. Our Microsoft Office 365...
This is a guest post from C. Patrick Felicetta. Patrick is the Entegration, Inc. Chief Operating Officer (COO). He gives some good insight into some of the advantages of Microsoft’s cloud based Office 365 service. For the past 13 years Entegration, Inc., a computer networking company, has specialized in meeting the IT needs of healthcare...
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