By Danika Brinda bio
HIPAA Compliance is a term that is often thrown around the healthcare industry; however, I commonly ask myself: Is the meaning of HIPAA Compliance the same throughout the…
INSIGHT
5 essential steps to ensure an effective HIPAA program
March 23, 2018 by
PATIENT REGISTRATION
Want to improve collections? Start by looking at your Patient Registration System
March 16, 2018 by
By Ranadene (Randi) K. Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CMC, Guest Contributor bio
When registering patients in your system, do you collect all the information you need to effectively set them up…
CYBERSECURITY
Healthcare organizations are deathly behind on this one cybersecurity practice
February 16, 2018 by
SecurityScorecard, a leader in security ratings, recently released a new report titled, “SecurityScorecard 2018 Healthcare Report: A Pulse on The Healthcare Industry’s Cybersecurity Risks,” which…
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
HIPAA Refresher: Is your practice on top of NPPs?
February 16, 2018 by
By Ranadene K. Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CMC, Guest Contributor bio
I know, HIPAA is old news. And ALL of your offices are presenting your patients with a HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) already…
INSIGHT
HIPAA data breaches in 2017: Another record breaking year!
January 5, 2018 by
By Danika Brinda bio
Unfortunately as promised, 2017 brought many challenges to properly protecting patient information in healthcare. We saw a record number of data breaches in 2016 with cybersecurity being on…
MULTIPLE INSURANCE COVERAGES
How to determine the order of multiple insurance coverages
November 24, 2017 by
By Ranadene (Randi) K. Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CMC, Guest Contributor bio
When patients have multiple insurance coverage, at times it can be difficult to determine which one is primary, secondary, and tertiary. Sometimes, the patients don’t even know…
COMPLIANCE
HIPAA extends to gossip as well as to searching out dirt on an ex-spouse
November 3, 2017 by
Getting staff to maintain patient confidentiality goes much farther than getting them to protect electronic data…
TECHNOLOGY
Six HIPAA violations you may be missing
June 9, 2017 by
Is your practice HIPAA compliant? Are you sure? Most health-care providers take very seriously this federal mandate to protect patient privacy—at least in theory. In practice, however, lots of things get…
INSIGHT
WannaCry: Cyberattack hits critical infrastructure worldwide
May 26, 2017 by
By Kimberly Shutters, BCS bio
A major worldwide ransomware attack, referred to as WannaCry, hit critical infrastructure and government computers starting mid-May, prompting warnings, patches, and…
HIPAA
Texas health system settles potential HIPAA disclosure violations
May 12, 2017 by
Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS) has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and adopt a comprehensive corrective action plan to…
