Who Needs HIPAA Business Associate Agreements?
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If you’re a health care provider or a vendor in the health care space, you need to understand your HIPAA Business Associate Agreement requirements to keep your business safe! A HIPAA business associate (BA) is any individual or entity that may encounter protected health information (PHI) through …
Am I a HIPAA Covered Entity?
When it comes to HIPAA, covered entities must be compliant with the full extent of the regulation. HIPAA has set national standards for health care providers since it was first enacted in 1996. But how do you determine if you qualify as a HIPAA covered …
What Are Some Common HIPAA Violations?
When discussing common HIPAA violations of HIPAA laws, it’s important to remember that every business is different. The bottom line is that all these violations must relate in some way to the loss of HIPAA protected health information (PHI). PHI is any demographic information that can be used …
HIPAA Fines Listed by Year
HIPAA Settlements, Fines, and Penalties HIPAA settlements are hard to keep track of–that’s why we’ve created this simple directory of large-scale HIPAA fines listed by year. All information is provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on …
What is Managed Services?
Managed services is a term that makes absolutely no sense—unless you’re in the IT industry. So, for those of us who don’t know what it means or why it’s important, let’s get right to it. Because managed services is fully outsourced IT, that takes care …
What is the Dark Web and Why Should we Care?
You’re happily humming along on the Internet thinking you’ve got a pretty good understanding. You can navigate your way around Google, Facebook, Amazon, and news sites. You’re actually only visiting four percent of the Internet. There’s a whole world (96% of the Internet) hiding beyond these safe surface-level sites, known …
