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HIPAA Compliance: What Is a BAA and Why Should I Care?
Even the simplest medical practice is actually fairly complex, and because of this, almost no healthcare organization handles all of its activities internally. W...
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What You Need to Know About HIPAA and Your State’s Laws
HIPAA is federal legislation, and because of this, it is administered at the national level by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It applies to ...
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Phone Lines and Faxes and HIPAA (Oh My!)
We’ve covered HIPAA and modern medical communication in previous posts on texting and mobile phones, but you might have noticed that we haven’t sai...
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Seven Ways Your Phone Could Be Making You a Mobile HIPAA Violation
You use your cell phone. A lot. You use your cell phone somewhere in your medical practice, also a lot. You know it. We know it. The U.S. Department of Health and...
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HIPAA Compliance: Can I Text My Patients?
With more than 80% of Americans using their phones to text and more than 6 billion text messages sent in the U.S. every day (not a typo), it is entirely unsurpris...
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The 5 HIPAA Violations Most Likely to Cost You (And How to Avoid Them)
Everybody knows that HIPAA violations can be costly, with penalties that can include seven-digit fines and jail time. Even worse, the combined text of the curren...
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The Easiest Complete HIPAA Compliance Checklist You’ll Ever See
The words “HIPAA compliance” have a legendary ability to simultaneously arouse both extreme fear and extreme boredom in physicians and other healthca...
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Does HIPAA Compliance Apply to Me?
If you’ve ever done a search for HIPAA compliance, you’ll know that there is a lot of information available on various HIPAA regulations and violation...