Sep 14, 2020 | Compliance & Regulations, HIPAA
Out of Sight Shouldn’t Mean Out of Mind – Expanded HIPAA Compliance Officer Duties With COVID-19, data breaches and ransomware attacks have skyrocketed. The FBI reported that there were more cyber incidents reported in the first half of 2020 compared with all of...
May 28, 2020 | contact tracing, coronavirus, Education, Government Reporting, Infectious Disease Control, PPE, Specialty Training
Unemployment numbers have been escalating amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here in the United States, rates rose in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics (see map image). In 43 states, record highs were set and the national...
Apr 24, 2020 | coronavirus, Education, Infectious Disease Control, mental health, PPE
I am lucky in that I still have my job while so many have been forced to apply for unemployment benefits during this public health crisis. That includes my husband who works in outdoor event production, which at the moment is completely shut down. My industry, online...
Apr 7, 2020 | Compliance & Regulations, coronavirus, Education, Government Reporting, HIPAA, Infectious Disease Control, PPE, Specialty Training
While it is too early to assess the damage caused by this global pandemic, there are signs that it will permanently change the way society functions. From its impact on the global economy to our daily lives, COVID-19 will leave an enormous impact on the ways in which...
Mar 29, 2020 | coronavirus, Education, Government Reporting, HIPAA, HIT/EHR, Infectious Disease Control, MACRA/MIPS, OSHA, PPE
President Donald Trump announced a dramatic expansion of covered Telehealth services last week for Medicare recipients. So what does that mean for you as Healthcare providers and for Medicare patients? In the decades that Telemedicine has been in existence, there has...
Mar 11, 2020 | Compliance & Regulations, Cybersecurity, HIPAA
During a risk analysis and compliant review, I showed a distraught CEO that she had over $ 5.8 million in regulated data on an unencrypted desktop computer, that wasn’t backed up, with a user password set to never expire. It hit close to home, because the data...
