Patients have the right to file a complaint when they believe your organization has mishandled their information or otherwise violated the HIPAA rules. Patients may mail, fax, or email a complaint to your organization or file one through the OCR’s Complaint Portal....
Have you ever sent a fax to the wrong recipient? This is a common error. Besides frustrating, a misdirected fax can also be harmful. As a healthcare organization, you must comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which means sending a fax to the wrong recipient could be a...
When you think “HIPAA violation,” you probably picture patient complaints, invasive investigations, and millions of dollars in fines. Sure, lost dollars would take a toll on your organization. But there’s another aspect to HIPAA enforcement that may be more...
Updated May 28, 2019 Thousands of patient records breached. Millions of dollars in fines following nightmarish lawsuits. The news is full of harrowing stories of healthcare organizations caught in HIPAA violations, exposing sensitive patient data, and worse. Maybe you...
After a breach, one of your top priorities is to mail a breach notification letter to everyone whose protected health information (PHI) was compromised. But how do you write a HIPAA breach notification letter? The Breach Notification Rule requires you to write your...
You already know that the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires you to notify all individuals whose protected health information (PHI) is compromised in a breach. But who else needs to be notified, and how? When do you have to send breach notification letters? Your...