If your organization maintains, uses or discloses health information — encryption is a MUST! Healthcare providers are held to a higher standard and must properly...Read More
The answer is sometimes “yes” and it is a violation of the law. Healthcare providers routinely send mailers to patients about upcoming procedures or informational...Read More
Two large NY hospitals get hit with $4.8 million worth of HIPAA fines from the federal government. New York and Presbyterian Hospital (“NYP”) and...Read More
Health information from healthcare practices (and patients) is viewable on the internet. A worst case scenario; a nightmare (that you are experiencing while you are...Read More
Is your practice properly protecting the privacy of your patients? Even if you think you are, you might not be given the complexities of HIPAA,...Read More
Do you know who is accessing the practice’s patient’s protected health information (“PHI”)? While many healthcare providers would quickly respond, “of course,” healthcare providers would...Read More
