HIPAA

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

The opinion concerns a proposal to pay bonuses to its employed physicians based on net profits derived from certain procedures performed by the physicians.

Currently, health data that is collected from new technologies such as wearable and smart devices, and health and wellness apps is not protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

These incorrect beliefs can have you running afoul with privacy regulations.

Building a foundation for cybersecurity can help physicians avoid costly mistakes.

Recent OCR enforcement action showcases business associate liability for HIPAA violations.

Patient rights do not end at death.

Congress and HHS appreciate that every patient’s life does not consist of “good time, noodle salad.”

Don't ignore these two important requirements.

Don't let your new tools have you run afoul of HIPAA regulations.

Wild behavior is pulsing through the cybersecurity landscape.

Healthcare records and data contain sensitive information, making them a prime target for cybercriminals. Learn how to protect your practice from a data breach.

The healthcare sector experienced the highest average data breach cost of any industry in 2022.

Don't let the holidays get in the way of legal compliance.

Here’s how to find out if your website complies with the privacy law.

Top tips and HIPAA implications.

While texting can make things a lot easier (and more profitable), it can also be easy to unknowingly violate HIPAA regulations.

As more states enact biometric laws (although none are as robust as Illinois), healthcare AI companies, covered entities, and business associates should take note and take steps to update compliance programs in order to reduce the risk of a lawsuit and a potentially criminal HIPAA violation.

Understanding what should be included in a required HIPAA BAA is essential.

Email is one area ripe for AI innovation.

With cybersecurity and criminal government actions involving protected health information (PHI), now is a good time to understand the importance of the required Business Associate Agreement (BAA).

These three efforts are some basic steps that will go a long way toward ensuring you accomplish your marketing goals while still maintaining patient privacy.

If you leverage the right business partners for your email, you can both mitigate risk and provide seamless communication to your patients.

A few notable items seemingly intersect with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

In 2020, 505 reported email breaches resulted in 23.43 million compromised PHIs.

Improve the quality of staff relationships, increase efficiency, and profoundly impact patient safety.

Technical, administrative, and physical safeguards need to be implemented in accordance with the Security Rule; NIST standards are preferrable.