HIPAA Compliant Cloud Storage: How to Pick the Right Solution
As an MSP working with healthcare clients, you must consider compliance. This is because there are several areas in which you can interact with patient data. This [...]
HHS Issues Guidelines for Appropriate Use of Online Tracking Technology and HIPAA
Healthcare providers frequently use online tracking technologies - scripts or codes on a website or mobile app used to gather information about users as the users interact [...]
HIPAA Compliant Telehealth Platforms For Behavioral Health
In all the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, one bright spot is the increased availability of HIPAA approved telehealth platforms. Behavioral health providers were quick to [...]
The Final Countdown: Your CPRA Checklist
In a July post (available here), we discussed a new rush of state data privacy laws that will affect businesses nationwide, including the implementation of the CPRA [...]
HHS Proposes Rule to Improve 42 CFR Part 2 and HIPAA Care Coordination
Federal regulations at 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) protect patient records created by federally assisted programs for treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs). Part 2 generally [...]
Is Jotform HIPAA Compliant?
Jotform is an online application that allows users to build a wide variety of forms and other documents for their organizations. The app features an extensive list [...]
October 2022 Healthcare Breach Report
Each month, we review healthcare breaches posted on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) online breach portal to determine the leading causes and how the incidents could [...]
Can Patients Request Medical Records?
There was a time when getting a copy of your medical records was a hit-or-miss proposition. Depending on your health history and how your provider documented it, [...]
Is Smartsheet HIPAA Compliant?
Smartsheet is one of those nearly indispensable little tools that make life easier for companies trying to manage large projects involving many people, such as implementing a [...]
MIPS and MACRA 2022: What’s New?
In 2015, legislation known as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was enacted. Until the passage of the CURES Act in 2016, MACRA was the [...]
