Tag: pcihipaa
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How Can You Ensure Your Email is Safe and HIPAA Compliant?
Using free email providers like Gmail, Yahoo, and MSN are expedient and easy to set up. It’s the reason why some healthcare providers rely on them. While you could stretch to make the argument that these email services can be configured to be “HIPAA capable,” none in the eyes of security experts are HIPAA compliant.…
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The Painful Reality of Ransomware and How to Protect Against It
Imagine if in a split second you were unable to access all of your patients’ health care records. A cruel ransomware attack had locked you out of your computer system, and in order to regain your precious data you needed to pay a cybercriminal’s demand in bitcoin. Unfortunately by the time you finish reading this…
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Think Your Practice Management Software Makes You HIPAA Compliant?
Complying with HIPAA security standards is a complex matter that demands a comprehensive solution. As a busy healthcare provider, it’s easy and convenient to trust that your practice management software satisfies the necessary HIPAA requirements to keep your electronic medical records safe. But the truth is, in most cases, it doesn’t. A False Sense of…
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You Lock Your Doors at Night, but Do You Lock Your Internet?
Learn to digitally protect your office with a complimentary Risk Review *There is no obligation to purchase our services; only an obligation to take the assessment and document your office’s key vulnerabilities. Health Care Sector Leads in Cost for Data Breaches For the eighth year straight, health care organizations had the highest breach-related costs of any…
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Do You Know How to Easily Avoid a HIPAA Penalty?
If you have any questions, call PCIHIPAA at (800) 588-0254. Let them know you are a member of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.
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HIPAA Illiteracy Is Considered Willful Neglect
KNOWING YOUR OFFICE’S VULNERABILITIES IS NOT ENOUGH Unsure of your practice’s vulnerabilities? Judge Rules in Favor of OCR and Requires $4.3 Million in Penalties for HIPAA Violations OCR’s investigation found that MD Anderson had written encryption policies and risk analyses had found that the lack of device-level encryption posed a high…
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You Can Avoid a HIPAA Fine. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Did you know the government has strengthened its ability to enforce HIPAA law, which now includes fines reaching up to $50,000 per violation with a maximum of $1.5 million in annual penalties? With the increasing rates of cyberattacks and patient data breaches specifically targeting the health care industry, could you afford to pay a penalty…