Policies are the backbone of your HIPAA compliance program, but that doesn’t mean that you’re done once you have policies in place! Unfortunately, they aren’t a “set-it-and-forget-it” thing. Your HIPAA policies require regular policy management,...
Before you rush headlong into 2020, you might want to take a pause. In the next couple of weeks, take time to evaluate how well your HIPAA compliance program has run this year and what you can do to make it stronger in the new year. To help you evaluate and plan...
As a healthcare organization, you know you have to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). But then you hear about organizations that become “HIPAA Certified” with a badge to show for it, and maybe you wonder, Does my organization...
If you’re a HIPAA-covered organization that uses social media (and you probably do), beware of HIPAA violations. Breaches happen all the time through a healthcare organization’s social media accounts or from their employees’ personal accounts. Common breaches...
Policies and procedures are the backbone of your HIPAA compliance program. They direct your entire team on how to carry out the standards of the HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification rules. Policy management is the process of creating, distributing, and...