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Nobody thinks complying with the HIPAA Security and Omnibus Rules are easy. Both HIPAA regulations are hundreds of pages long, require a lot of understanding, planning, policies and technology to be in full compliance. It should be noted that there is a huge difference between not complying, trying to comply and being in full compliance...
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...
Here is a secret that compliance experts have known for a long time: It is very difficult to be 100% compliant with HIPAA regulations Of course, you have probably seen claims like these: Buy our product and we will make you HIPAA compliant Compliance in a box! Be HIPAA compliant in 30 days! Snake oil...
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...
We had a discussion with a potential client today. We were explaining the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule. The client stopped us and said: I am a small provider practice. I never heard of HIPAA security. Are you sure I need to do this? No one ever mentioned this to me. Not my lawyer,...
Big HIPAA penalties and fines make great news headlines. Recently the managed care company WellPoint Inc. agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine to settle potential HIPAA violations. False sense of security Large fines make headlines and show that violating HIPAA regulations can be very expensive. Unfortunately it can have an opposite effect as well....
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...
The Harvard Business Review has an excellent article on how some Boston companies handled the Boston metro lockdown situation. The article points out that proper planning for emergencies is the best way to prepare in the event of a real emergency. The Cambridge-based company, HubSpot, had an emergency operations plan in place and executed the...
We know you know about HIPAA security. HIPAA breaches are in the news on a weekly basis. The new HIPAA Omnibus Rule has been finalized and there is a lot of buzz about it. So the question is why haven’t you gotten serious about HIPAA security? We think we know some of the reasons. ...
Make HIPAA easy When we started to build the HIPAA Secure Now! service, we had 2 goals. Those goals were to help clients with protecting patient information and to “make HIPAA easy”. We realize most organizations hate HIPAA. We thought if we could build a service with the following characteristics, clients may not love HIPAA...
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