The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was signed into law in August 1996, a milestone piece of legislation intended to simplify the administration of healthcare, prevent healthcare fraud, eliminate waste, and ensure insurance coverage was not lost when employees were between jobs. Since that time HIPAA has seen numerous significant updates including; HIPAA Privacy […]
HIPAA compliance
Top 10 HIPAA compliance violations
Is your company in danger of violating HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance regulations? Here are the 10 most common violations reported by the HIPAA Journal: Snooping on Healthcare Records Failure to perform an organization-wide risk analysis Exceeding the 60-day deadline for issuing breach notifications Failure to manage security risks/lack of a risk […]