HIPAA Compliant Environment or a Culture of Compliance?
One of the trendy marketing terms being used by equipment and service providers in the security space is “HIPAA Compliant Environment.” It’s usually used to describe items [...]
HHS Warns of Increases in Insider Data Breaches
In April of 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’ Office of Information Security issued a 27-page publication, entitled “Insider Threats in Healthcare.” The publication [...]
What Happens After a HIPAA Complaint is Filed?
Even when you do the best you can to comply with HIPAA regulations, violations and breaches may occur. Clients or patients may report what they think are [...]
There’s No Such Thing as Free HIPAA – Ask TurboTax
TurboTax, the tax filing software company, was recently sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). What’s the charge? Deceiving consumers with bogus advertisements pitching “free” tax filing [...]
500K Patients Affected by Adaptive Health Integrations Breach
Adaptive Health Integrations, based in North Dakota, reported an incident of unauthorized access to protected health information. There were potentially 510,574 patients affected in the massive breach. [...]
Things to Consider with HIPAA in Employee Handbooks
One of the critical requirements of HIPAA is having effective policies and procedures that reflect how an organization uses, controls, and manages the protected health information of [...]
How HIPAA Affects the Role of Business Associates
In order to provide the best possible care for patients, healthcare providers often need business partners to provide support services. When do these service providers become business [...]
Is Apple iCloud HIPAA Compliant?
Millions of people everyday use iCloud to store and backup important files and electronic information from their Apple devices. They love the ease of use and seamless [...]
SuperCare Health Hack Affects 300K Patients
In one of the largest breaches reported in 2022 so far, SuperCare Health suffered a hacking incident affecting 318,379 patients. The network intrusion was initially detected on [...]
Is Signal HIPAA Compliant?
Signal is an open-source free-to-use messaging app that proudly proclaims its security and privacy features. With all of these security and privacy features, the question remains: Is [...]
