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HIPAA Security Series List [Links to All 7 HHS Documents]
This HIPAA Security Series List contains handy links to all seven HHS documents. The links lead to the pages on the official HHS website.
Ben Brenner6 min readRead Article - HIPAA
What Does HIPAA Stand For?
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 HITECH and PHI.
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15 HIPAA Law Death Traps To Avoid
They're all facets of the same thing (and one misspelling).
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What is a BAA and Why Does it Matter?
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).
Ben Brenner8 min readRead Article - Medical Waste Disposal
What is a HIPAA Violation? 20 Catastrophic HIPAA Violation Cases
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.
Ben Brenner11 min readRead Article - Practice Management
Office Ally: Reviews, FAQs, Tutorials and Resources
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.
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HIPAA and OSHA Compliance Training
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 typically addressed relate to compliance and while detailed information can be found on the OSHA.gov or HHS.gov websites, some of the data isn’t very clearly defined and also relies heavily on legal interpretation.
Ben Brenner3 min readRead Article - Practice Management
Importance of Secure Document Shredding in the Medical Industry
Identity theft has increased at almost exponential rates, to the point where around one in three individuals have fallen prey to it. However, the topic doesn’t just affect the average consumer, but can be devastating when it comes to businesses. This is especially important as it relates to the medical industry where you can have a combination of personal business and individual patient data at risk. Criminals will go to any length for fast and easy data access and using documents can be a favorite.
Ben Brenner3 min readRead Article - HIPAA
The Simplest Way to Avoid a HIPAA Violation
The answer: training. Training is the easiest thing you can do to prevent a HIPAA violation at your facility.
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Mobile Device Agreement: Reducing HIPAA Violation Risk
We've reached a point where it's fairly unlikely to see a person without their cell phone on them. We take them to work, we take them to dinner and some even take them to the bathroom! (ew, better wash your hands...and your phone) However, when it comes working in a healthcare environment, some privacy issues can arise. So what are we to do? Well, step one is developing a mobile device policy for your facility. Don't think you need one? According to a recent
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