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,...
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...
Getting patient authorization can feel like a hurdle in your daily workflow. However, it’s key to maintaining patients’ right to their private medical information. With a patient’s authorization, you have permission to use and disclose their medical record...
You don’t need to be a healthcare professional to know that data breaches have plagued the industry for years. A breach is an impermissible use or disclosure that compromises the privacy or security of protected health information (PHI). According to the HIPAA Breach...
Updated May 20, 2019 A little oversight can lead to a lot of trouble. Employees who aren’t prepared to securely handle patients’ protected health information (PHI) can accidentally cause breaches and leak tens to millions of private records. Why does this...