Tag: business associate

Posted : October 8, 2014

Steep rate hikes expected

The rumors are true.  Average health insurance rate hi...

Posted : June 22, 2014

HIPAA fines and audits

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that they w...

Posted : June 22, 2014

OIG Exclusion Changes

Recently the Health and Human Services Office of the In...

Posted : April 22, 2014

HIPAA Security Risk Assessments

HIPAA security risk assessments from Jose Delgado

Posted : February 18, 2014

Office of the Inspector General (OIG) 2014 Work Plan

In January 31st, 2014 the OIG published its 2014 work p...

Posted : February 17, 2014

Plan Ahead

I hear a lot of complaining and expect to hear more in ...

Posted : January 27, 2014

HIPAA Security

The first task in identifying what actions to take in a...

Posted : January 27, 2014

Affordable Care Act

As it relates to ACA there are too many moving pieces t...

Posted : January 23, 2014

Meaningful Use and the Security Risk Assessment

I know it is hard to believe but I have spent years wor...

Posted : November 6, 2013

The Importance of Compliance for Business Associates

Recently I have been asked by Business Associates about...

Posted : October 30, 2013

Meaningful Use Audits and Risk Assessment

A topic that has been overlooked in the last couple of ...

Posted : October 22, 2013

HIPAA Security Risk Myths

Normally we write our own articles but in this case the...