The Many Forms of HIPAA Enforcement

Oct 9, 2019 | HIPAA

How is HIPAA enforced? That may be a simple enough question, but it also contains more nuance than may initially be expected. Determining how HIPAA is enforced can depend upon how the term enforcement is viewed and interpreted. The first step is to define enforcement....

Does Your Breach Response Plan Include Notification?

Oct 2, 2019 | Cybersecurity

Remain Calm, Remain Honest – and Remain in Business Avoiding the inevitable does not make it go away. Healthcare patients choose a provider based on the quality of care. In addition to that, the public will generally assume that their private information is...

A Phishing Epidemic: Constant Stream of Reports

Sep 26, 2019 | Cybersecurity

Since at least the beginning of the summer, it seems as though no day can go by without another phishing incident being reported by a healthcare entity. The reports are almost always the same too. After some period of time (usually not the same day), unauthorized...

Unnecessary Stress: HIPAA and Litigation Requests

Sep 9, 2019 | HIPAA

While many areas of HIPAA compliance result in confusion and misinterpretation, responding to document requests from parties in litigation is one that has been presenting itself frequently. The classic scenario is Party A and Party B are in a lawsuit with each other....

Communication Tension or Breakdown

Jun 26, 2019 | HIPAA

A scenario growing in frequency for physician practices and other healthcare organizations is the desire for patients to communicate with clinicians using the same tools as in everyday life. That desire translates to a preference for text messaging, WhatsApp, Facebook...