Even with a BAA, there is still shared liability between the covered entity (you) and business associates. Even if you’re breached and it’s the business associate’s fault, healthcare providers may still share monetary penalties or fines with their business associates. The biggest thing to remember here is that you should share only minimal need-to-know data … Read more
An attorney is great for understanding policies, procedures, and legalese, but HIPAA’s Security Rule is completely different than the Privacy Rule. Attorneys typically don’t know a thing about technical controls and have no experience with security.
Actually, health data is even more lucrative than credit card numbers on the black market. Credit card numbers only go for about $1 to $2. PHI sells for $20 to $200, depending on the type of patient data. Why is healthcare data so much more profitable? If you steal credit card data, you can make … Read more
Lots of organizations think, “Even if I get breached, it won’t matter. So why should I bother wasting resources on HIPAA compliance?” Wrong! The impact on your business reputation and financial stability is not measurable. Did you know, according to Cintas, 40% of patients would change doctors or dentists if theirs were breached? Not to … Read more
Myth #1: “HIPAA doesn’t apply to me.” Here are some excuses we hear when talking to medical, clinical, behavioral, and dental clients about their understanding of why they do not need to be HIPAA compliant. We’re too small Actually, HIPAA applies to all shapes and sizes. As long as you store, process, transmit, maintain, or … Read more
Happens when opening or saving documents on a network For weeks now I’ve been battling a strange issue with opening (and sometimes saving) Word 2007 documents on a network drive. The client is a busy law office with several paralegals who typically have several Word documents open throughout the day. While opening documents, Word would … Read more