Compliance

Doctors have a hard enough time treating patients and dealing with basic business operations on a day-to-day basis. It’s a difficult task to ask them to be aware of and in compliance with every section of health care regulatory laws and other standards in addition to their daily provision of care to patients. Simply stated, doctors and other health care professionals and providers face an enormous challenge trying to be aware of, understand, and comply with applicable state and federal health care regulatory laws. Consequently, health care professionals and providers are often completely in the dark on what it takes to spot compliance issues and prevent them from happening before they become serious issues. This level of awareness (or lack of it) can be summed up in one simple statement. You don’t know what you don’t know. And not having this knowledge can lead to devastating consequences.

As a medical professional, the initial intention of ‘do no harm’ is treating your patients with the best possible care. However, in this era, our responsibility is that much greater.

Emailing patient information can be HIPAA compliant. However there are risks that you should be cognizant of and steps to take to minimize the chance of a HIPAA violation.

HIPAA prohibits the sharing of patient information except in certain cases. You are allowed to share information for law enforcement purposes.

Patients have filed a lawsuit against SuperCare over a HIPAA Breach. SuperCare failed to maintain adequate security to protect patient records.

in order to be HIPAA Compliant, you must maintain a "Culture of Compliance" at your office. This can include keeping your software up-to-date, regular required training and addressing risks that pose to your office. This month we address the HIPAA Privacy Manual, enabling your hardware firewall and tracking internet of things

in order to be HIPAA Compliant, you must maintain a "Culture of Compliance" at your office. This can include keeping your software up-to-date, regular required training and addressing risks that pose to your office. This month we address Updating to Windows 10 20H2, Getting cell phones off your office WiFi and Understanding your backups