HIPAA Compliance Blog

avatar Is Office 365 HIPAA Compliant? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Brent Sadler

The following question came through our website: “Hello “I was wondering if you can answer a question. I realize email and EPHI is an ongoing .. read more

avatar Another HIPAA Criminal Conviction! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes

In another HIPAA criminal conviction, a Texas hospital worker has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for criminal HIPAA violations. Joshua Hippler, 30, .. read more

avatar The Bigger You Are, the Harder You’re Hacked: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes

Anthem, previously known as WellPoint, Inc., the nation’s second-largest health insurance company, recently suffered a sophisticated external cyberattack. Reportedly, 80 million of Anthem’s insureds had .. read more

avatar Two New HIPAA Policies Available Now on Premium Member Section: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes

Two new sample HIPAA policies are now available on the Premium Member section of the Veterans Press website. We appreciate our clients and customers for .. read more

avatar Risk Analysis and Risk Assessment: Are They Different? HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes

Quite often, my HIPAA clients and those who read my blog ask what the difference is between a risk analysis and a risk assessment. In .. read more

avatar Keep Those Tracking Numbers! HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes with Guest Commentator Legal Editor Alice M. McCart

Have you ever wondered whether the package that you had sent via FedEx, USPS, UPS, or otherwise had arrived and wished that you had kept .. read more

avatar Accounting for Disclosures Rule Delay: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes

Have you been worrying about how to comply with the accounting for disclosures rule that the Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) published way .. read more

avatar Appendix A to the Business Associate Agreement: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes

Often, my office gets calls and emails asking what Appendix A is to such an agreement and what should it say. We get these questions .. read more

avatar New Mental and Behavioral NOPP in Premium Member Section: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes

Some of our mental and behavioral health practitioner clients had asked for a sample notice of privacy practices (“NOPP”) that incorporates the special, more stringent .. read more

avatar Michigan Proposed Law Would Comport with HIPAA: HIPAA & HITECH Act Blog by Jonathan P. Tomes

Michigan proposed law to amend the Mental Health Code would authorize the Department of Community Health or a community mental health services program to disclose .. read more

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