How to choose a HIPAA fax service
When it comes to securely and confidently sending confidential data, virtually nothing beats fax technology. Choosing the right HIPAA compliant fax service is essential, though. As a healthcare provider, you are responsible for ensuring that the fax service you choose...
Are Your Digital Faxes Being Stored on a Non-compliant Server?
Fax technology remains a tried-and-true method for exchanging highly confidential information. Even in this age of email, SMS text messages, and numerous other digital tools, – fax is still the most secure. That’s why it continues to be the most trusted means of...
4 Factors That Define a HIPAA Breach & 3 Exceptions to a HIPAA Breach
HIPAA’s Breach Notification Rule (45 CFR §§ 164.400-414) stipulates that covered entities must notify individuals whose information may have been compromised in a breach. But what does that mean exactly? To help covered entities understand their obligations under the...
HIPAA Guidelines and the age of COVID-19
Covid has changed the face of Healthcare and HIPAA is evolving with it. HIPAA is widely known for its Privacy Rule, which safeguards protected health information (PHI) of individuals from disclosure by healthcare providers, insurance companies, and other covered...
4 Tips for HIPAA Compliant Fax Management
If you work in healthcare, or if you do business with healthcare providers on a regular basis, then you are familiar with HIPAA. Most associate HIPAA as the federal law that protects private patient information. However, the law covers considerably more than that, –...
Does HIPAA allow questions about vaccination status?
Short answer: Yes, but lots of mis-information out here. First, the main goal of HIPAA is helping people maintain their healthcare insurance coverage if they change or lose their jobs. The Act encouraged the use of electronic records to transfer patient information....