by Anna Belmonte | Jul 24, 2019 | Privacy
KEY TAKEAWAYS Companies that sell consumer health tech aren’t overseen by any federal agency or law. They are relatively free to collect, use, and even sell user health information. About a quarter of U.S. adults (56.7 million people) are using wearable devices,...
by Hernan Serrano | Jun 19, 2019 | Disclosures, Privacy
The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires you to verify the identity and authority of a person requesting protected health information (PHI) unless the person is already known by your organization. The rule is flexible about how you get verification. However, there are basic...
by Anna Belmonte | Jun 12, 2019 | Disclosures, Privacy
When law enforcement enters your organization demanding patient information, it can be intimidating. You know that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires you to keep patients’ protected health information (PHI) private. Ordinarily,...
by Hernan Serrano | Jun 5, 2019 | Privacy
We all know what “protected health information” (PHI) is, right? You know that HIPAA requires you to keep this information private and secure. However, it’s easy to assume we know what PHI means…but be gravely mistaken. Some of us tend to think everything is PHI....
by Anna Belmonte | May 29, 2019 | HIPAA Management, Privacy, Security
The HIPAA business associate agreement (BAA) lays out your business associate’s obligations to protect your data. The previous blog gave an overview of BAAs. Let’s hone in on six important BAA provisions: Permissible uses and disclosures of protected...
by Anna Belmonte | May 15, 2019 | Privacy, Security
Before you outsource any of your organization’s functions to a third party, you need to do your research. Will the vendor handle PHI on behalf of your organization? If so, they’re a business associate (BA). Then conduct due diligence to be sure you can trust the...