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The Penalty for Non-Existent BAA's

Can you say with confidence that your office has a business associate agreement (BAA) in place for each vendor you share information with? Regardless of whether you can answer that question with a resounding “Yes!” [read more]

Phishing Attacks – How to Protect & Prepare

This is the first blog in a new cybersecurity series focusing on ways to protect your organizations' data from unauthorized access and safeguarding your personal ePHI.  In life there are very few events that feel [read more]

HHS SRA Tool V3.0 - The Good, Bad and Ugly

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released an updated version of their Security Risk Assessment Tool (SRAT) found on the HealthIT.gov website. Each time a [read more]

State Departments Conducting Audits?!?

In recent years, healthcare audits have been a trending topic within the compliance world. Following the Phase II launch of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Audit Protocol in March 2016, many members of [read more]

Healthcare Continues to Dominate Breach Related Costs

A new study conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of IBM Security confirmed the fears of so many healthcare information security professionals, no other personal information yields a higher value than compromised patient records. Across [read more]