Proper ethics and policies to protect people’s privacy in the healthcare industry have to be taken seriously. If your medical practice happens to get sloppy, HIPAA violation penalties can start as high as $50,000 per violation. The total amount of fines one can accumulate in a year goes all the way up to $1.5 million, …
Are you in the medical field? Then you know just how important HIPAA is. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act passed in 1996 in an effort to provide data privacy and security standards. Protecting medical information has become even more important today. Technological advances and harmful data breaches have put patient privacy at risk. …
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HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was passed in 1996 to streamline the U.S. healthcare system. It also protects patient privacy and manages how electronic data is handled. The revisions passed in 2013 known as the Omnibus Rule updated the legislation and also added significant penalties to organizations who fail to adhere …
It is a legal obligation for every medical service provider to safeguard a client’s right to privacy and protect their personal and medical information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) is the law that ensures medical professionals meet this requirement. It is a requirement in the United States that all medical organizations are …
When it comes to protecting private medical information, proper HIPAA enforcement is of paramount importance. With the change of hands in power, this enforcement may be changing as well. Learn what this could mean here. How We Got Here Since the HITECH Act was passed in 2009, HIPAA enforcement has seen dramatic change. At the …
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HIPAA violations are a regular occurrence in the medical field. But you might be surprised to discover that there have been over 160,000 HIPAA complaints since 2003. The HIPAA Privacy Rule is a set of federally mandated standards used to protect the privacy of medical records. It might seem like common sense to protect patient’s …
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HIPAA compliance training is crucial to healthcare and medical professionals everywhere. Most importantly, it is an ongoing process to ensure staff are fully compliant in the protection of a patient’s protected health information, or “PHI” for short. Additionally, HIPAA compliance training protects you from potential fines and penalties for HIPAA and HITECH violations. Your practice …
Running a medical facility today means focusing on the safety and security of your patients and their data. Not only is this an ethical responsibility, it is also a legal one. That’s why every hospital and health care provider needs to be prepared to maintain HIPAA IT compliance. Being compliant is about more than just …
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While a HIPAA audit is something you might be dreading, it is necessary. They can be intimidating and stressful, but they are an important part of protecting crucial information. Healthcare information is one of the most highly targeted areas for cyber attacks; the information company Experian predicts that it will be “the most targeted sector” in …
It’s increasingly important for a good medical practice to communicate with its patients, and one of those options is via email. Well, there might be a better way to word that. Here’s another. Every practice should be able to communicate with their patients via email in the correct, secure way. Some info might cross a …
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