A Developer’s Guide to Creating HIPAA Compliant Software
You’ve coded up this amazing piece of software that is perfect for the healthcare market. The fact that the industry’s footprint is more than $3.8 billion in [...]
What is a HIPAA Compliance Checklist for Law Firms?
Law firms, depending on the nature of the services they provide to covered entities, may fall under the definition of “business associates.” Law firms that qualify as business associates [...]
Law Firm HIPAA Compliance
Under HIPAA, covered entities are defined as individuals or entities that transmit protected health information for certain transactions. These transactions generally include include transmission of healthcare [...]
Business Associate Security: What is Your Responsibility as a Covered Entity
In light of recent large-scale breaches in healthcare, it is imperative that covered entities (CEs) understand the importance of business associate security. Over the course of [...]
New Business Associate HIPAA Guidelines Released by OCR
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released new HIPAA guidelines for business associate requirements in May 2019. These guidelines [...]
Upcoming HIPAA Enforcement to Target Business Associates and MSPs
More Fines Ahead for HIPAA Business Associates As HIPAA business associates (BAs), managed service providers (MSPs) doing work in the healthcare space are at risk of increased enforcement efforts [...]
HIPAA Compliance Survey
NueMD (Atlanta, GA), a cloud-based medical billing service, administered a HIPAA Compliance Survey in 2014. In 2016, they issued a follow-up survey to measure the change in HIPAA compliance [...]
HIPAA for Accountants
Accountants working in the healthcare industry need a HIPAA compliance solution that works for their company and for their clients’ businesses. Healthcare accountants are considered business associates (BAs) under [...]
$750,000 HIPAA Settlement in North Carolina for Lack of Business Associate Agreements
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it reached a $750,000 HIPAA settlement with Raleigh Orthopedic Clinic, P.A. The Raleigh, North [...]
Business Associates: How to Differentiate Your Organization Using HIPAA Compliance
Business Associates: How to differentiate your organization using HIPAA compliance from Compliancy Group
