Healthcare & HIPAA Compliance Articles
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Healthcare & HIPAA Compliance Articles
Resource Center for Healthcare & HIPAA Compliance Articles
Open Notes as Mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act: A Clinician's Condensed Guide
In 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act came into effect under President Obama; as of April 5th, 2021, the program rule on...
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Do Business Associates have direct liability under HIPAA?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a fact sheet enumerating a list of HIPAA...
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Is Encryption Essential in HIPAA Compliance?
“Encryption is a method of converting an original message of regular text into encoded text. The text is encrypted by means of an algorithm...
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HIPAA Physical Safeguards and Workstation Security
Physical Safeguards (45 CFR § 164.304) refers to physical measures, policies, and procedures to protect a covered entity’s or business...
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System Patch Management Role in HIPAA Security
By this time you should have a basic understanding of cybersecurity, cyber attacks, cyber tools, and malware. If you need a refresher on these...
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The Flexibility of Approach Clause on HIPAA Policies and Procedures
The words "policies" and "procedure(s)" are not specifically defined in HIPAA. However, in the publication...
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Know what HIPAA says: Security Officer, Security Incidents, and Sanction Policy
Assigning a HIPAA Security Officer is one of the mandates of HIPAA as indicated in 45 CFR § 164.308 (a) (2). It specifically...
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Aetna to pay $1 million in fines plus Corrective Action Plan for HIPAA breaches according to OCR HHS findings
Aetna has entered into a resolution agreement with the Office of the Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
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