Category: HIPAA

UPDATE: Looking for how to report a HIPAA compliance violation? Visit this HHS.gov complaint reporting page. It’s 3 am and you’ve had so much coffee, Juan Valdez just called to ask for time off. If you could just practice medicine, your life would be 9 million times easier. The thicket of HIPAA compliance is a…

Overwhelmed with the process of navigating HIPAA compliance? We understand the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) can be a bit complicated. At the end of the day, HIPAA compliance is about implementing controls and safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected health information (PHI) by developing policies and procedures in line with the…

MedPro Disposal Addresses A Key Challenge for Healthcare Organizations Seeking To Safeguard Patient Information MedPro Disposal, a leader in medical waste disposal services, is pleased to announce its new partnership with PCIHIPAA, a leading Payments Card Industry (PCI) and HIPAA compliance provider. The partnership is focused on protecting MedPro Disposal clients from the onslaught of HIPAA…

This HIPAA Security Series List contains handy links to all seven HHS documents. The links lead to the pages on the official HHS website. The HIPAA Security Series is a handy reference of guidelines for achieving compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule. The series provides seven helpful documents that cover everything from basic concepts to…

MedPro Disposal provides HIPAA compliance training. As such, we’re always interested in digging into HIPAA and other healthcare regulation to ensure a higher level of understanding. The post below answers the question, “What does HIPAA stand for.” It also delves into other common questions, provides a tight HIPAA summary, and looks at related concerns like…

HIPAA law goes by many names:     The HIPAA Security Rule The HIPAA Privacy Rule “HIPPAA” Law HIPAA Confidentiality Law PHI Data Protection Law Private Patient Information Law They’re all facets of the same thing (and one misspelling). By any name, HIPAA contains hundreds of opportunities for employers to fall prey to millions in…

In the most basic sense, a Business Associate Agreement or BAA is a legal document between a healthcare provider and a contractor. A provider enters into a BAA with a contractor or other vendor when that vendor might receive access to Protected Health Information (PHI). The guide below gives the basics of BAAs, including who…

The list below shares 20 real-world HIPAA violations that cost big money for private practices, hospitals, and healthcare professionals. HIPAA exists to protect a patient’s private information. The law carries strict penalties and a risk of devastating civil suits. Frequently, HIPAA violations stem not from malicious intent but from a poor understanding of the law itself. The…

For a private practice, choosing an EHR, a clearinghouse, or a practice management system is no small feat. A wrong choice can mean lost time, lost reputation, frustrated staff, shrinking clientele, lost revenue, and even lawsuits. Office Ally is a very popular free option providing several different clinic management solutions, but is it the right…

Medical and dental offices are required to have extensive training regarding guidelines and requirements for HIPAA, OSHA and dealing with blood borne pathogens. These compliance rules and training processes are for the safety of both the patient and the staff as well as for the protection of patient records. Some of the questions that are…