Simplifying HIPAA and Human Resources
Whether you're a covered entity with an HR department or a third-party HR consultant looking to make your clients HIPAA compliant, Human resources and HIPAA compliance interact in numerous ways–and [...]
March 1st HIPAA Breach Report Deadline to HHS Approaching
The March 1st HIPAA breach report deadline is fast approaching. HIPAA regulation mandates that healthcare providers must report breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) to [...]
EHR Vendors at Risk of 2017 HIPAA Enforcement Actions
The threat of a HIPAA investigation is only one of the exposures that EHR vendors face when it comes to the implementation of privacy and security standards. One of [...]
HIPAA Compliance Survey
NueMD (Atlanta, GA), a cloud-based medical billing service, administered a HIPAA Compliance Survey in 2014. In 2016, they issued a follow-up survey to measure the change in HIPAA compliance [...]
Multi-Million Dollar HIPAA Fines Underscore Widespread Security Violations
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued two HIPAA fines totaling $5.4 million. In both cases, OCR investigations revealed widespread violations [...]
First Settlement for Violating the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its first settlement for violating the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule with Presence Health for $475,000. [...]
Over Half a Million Affected by Data Breach at Georgia-based Orthopedic Firm
The Atlanta, Georgia-based Peachtree Orthopedics reported that the records of over half a million patients were compromised in a cyberattack in September of 2016. The firm first notified patients [...]
2017 HIPAA Compliance Checklist
In 2016 alone, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) levied over $25 million in fines. Enforcement has more than doubled since 2015's [...]
Malware Costs UMass $650k in HIPAA Violations
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $650,000 settlement with the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) in the wake of potential HIPAA [...]
Featured on Channel Pro Networks Two Minute Drill
Marc Haskelson of Compliancy Group explains what compliance-as-a-service is and why every MSP should be offering it.
