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What is HIPAA training?
Organizations who must abide by HIPAA standards for compliance need to fully understand what is required of them. HIPAA training is a requirement to ensure everyone is on the same page and understands what […]
Monthly Update: October 2020 HIPAA Violations
The amount of information that we give employers, insurance companies, and our medical professionals can seem invasive.
Oftentimes we want to cling to our privacy and dread the rather intimidate questionnaire that can come from […]
HIPAA Answers: Who Does HIPAA Apply To?
Are you wondering if HIPAA applies to you or your workforce? Are you wondering to what degree is your personal health information protected? If that’s the case, you’re in the right place.
In essence, HIPAA […]
What Are HIPAA Breach Notification Requirements?
When it was first implemented in 1996, one of HIPAA’s core goals was to improve Americans’ awareness of and control over their protected health information (PHI). Over time, the OCR has added to and […]
HIPAA Guidelines on Telemedicine: A Complete Guide
In February of 2020, the CDC noted that the level of telemedicine visits skyrocketed to about 154 percent more than in 2019.
No doubt, with the COVID-19 pandemic plaguing the world, the need for socially […]
What Are the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Regulations?
Imagine this, you are going about your day working in the medical industry. Suddenly, you receive notice that you’ve broken the law.
You have violated a part of HIPAA, maybe a part that you didn’t […]
Monthly Update: HIPAA Violations in December 2020
2020 was a bad year for healthcare data privacy. In fact, 2020 saw more data breaches than any other year since the OCR began publishing online breach reports. Not only that, but December was the […]
When Was HIPAA Enacted, by Whom and Why?
HIPAA has a lot of moving parts, but you may not think to learn when about HIPAA history. You may not know, when was HIPAA enacted?
It’s a good question, and it can tell you […]
What Does HIPAA Protect?
Did you go into health care with the goal of working with people and helping them get healthy? That’s a great reason to, but you also need to understand and follow HIPAA.
What does HIPAA […]
What Are the Penalties for HIPAA Violations?
Imagine you have the best patients and coworkers in the world. But someone leaves a patient file out in the open, or you have a data breach.
These HIPAA violations are serious and can affect […]