Unless you have a HIPAA expert on your staff you probably need a HIPAA Helper to answer your questions and make sure that you are HIPAA compliant. The big question is how do you get a HIPAA Helper and how much do you pay?
Posted August 26, 2014 by Jack Anderson
How do you as a manager or owner know whether you are HIPAA compliant at all times? The Compliance Meter® from Compliance Helper is the answer.
Posted August 18, 2014 by Jack Anderson
Are Health Insurance Producers Your Greatest HIPAA Liability? If you are a health insurance carrier, agent, broker, or managing general agent and don’t demand proof of HIPAA compliance from your producers you are taking a huge financial risk.
Posted July 14, 2014 by Jack Anderson
The Health Insurance Industry is Leaking HIPAA Data: A cursory examination of the Wall of Shame which records HIPAA data breaches of more than 500 records reveals that insurance companies are leaking data, in fact by my calculations they have leaked over 3.5 million patient records.
Posted July 14, 2014 by Jack Anderson
A HIPAA checklist such as the one we offer for free on our website at www.compliancehelper.com is a useful tool for getting a snapshot view of your HIPAA compliance but it does not assure your on-going compliance like our Compliance Meter ®. The Compliance Meter ® is your assurance that your organization is HIPAA compliant on an on-going basis and that you can prove it. Thus our new product name HIPAAssure™, for which we have applied for a registered trademark, is symbolic of our commitment to on-going compliance.
Posted June 26, 2014 by Jack Anderson
One big item in the news today is increased HIPAA audits and fines coming from HHS and the other discusses monitoring of HIPAA business associates, which should you fear the most? This is an example of Hobson's Choice or Morton's Fork where neither choice is good but the monitoring can cause an immediate loss of revenue versus a possible fine somewhere in the future in the case of a audit from HHS.
Posted June 20, 2014 by Jack Anderson
Big HIPAA breaches are primarily electronic (EPHI) but 61% of small HIPAA breaches (\<500) are paper records. Mass General paid a $1 million dollar fine for the loss of 192 paper patient records. An employee left the paper records on the subway and they were never found.
Posted June 16, 2014 by Jack Anderson
Insurance producers as well as their agents are being asked to provide proof of HIPAA compliance by the insurance carriers. They are asking for copies of policies and procedures as well as risk assessments.
Posted June 9, 2014 by Jack Anderson
We provide a free HIPAA checklist for business associates on our website at www.compliancehelper.com but you need to know how this differs from a HIPAA risk assessment.
Posted June 5, 2014 by Jack Anderson
HIPAAssure™ is the new name for the complete line of HIPAA compliance services from Compliance Helper. It is vital that a company can assure that they are HIPAA compliant on an on-going basis, not only for their own peace of mind, but also to assure their clients and business partners.
Posted May 28, 2014 by Jack Anderson