Your medical office staff understands the imperative of safeguarding personal health information (PHI) and wouldn’t let strangers…
SAFEGUARDING PHI
Model HIPAA Privacy Reminder to Reception and Other Staff
April 5, 2019 by
Why you need this memo:
Your medical office staff understands the imperative of safeguarding personal health information (PHI) and wouldn’t let strangers roam about the facilities freely. But it’s easy for them to lower their guard when a former employee comes back to the practice, e.g., to pick up a final paycheck or just make a social call.
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
HIPAA Refresher: Is your practice on top of NPPs?
March 29, 2019 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…
CYBERSECURITY
The 10 things HHS says you should be doing to stop phishing, ransomware and other threats
March 15, 2019 by
HHS has published a Guidance on cybersecurity for healthcare organizations. Even though it’s voluntary, the new HHS Guidance is significant to the…
RISK MANAGEMENT
HIPAA security can fail if the office doesn’t take common-sense precautions
March 8, 2019 by
No matter how tight its HIPAA privacy procedures, if the office isn’t also focusing on common sense, the patient data is…
MULTIPLE INSURANCE COVERAGES
How to determine the order of multiple insurance coverages
November 30, 2018 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 16, 2018 by
Getting staff to maintain patient confidentiality goes much farther than getting them to protect electronic data…
BLOG
5 essential steps to ensure an effective HIPAA program
October 9, 2018 by
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…
CYBERSECURITY
Six security tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October 9, 2018 by
According to a guidebook recently published by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)…
HIPAA
The patient privacy epidemic and what can be done about it
July 13, 2018 by
By Mark Hughes
In most medical office or hospital reception areas, speech privacy is virtually nonexistent. Because these spaces rarely have walls or partitions to block sound, patients often overhear conversations between…
