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Be Aware of These HIPAA Enforcement Issues

April 7, 2021 By Reed Tinsley, CPA

HIPAA Enforcement The following are key ten enforcement issues that the OCR continues to encounter through its enforcement of HIPAA. You need to be aware of these. Impermissible Disclosures HIPAA’s Privacy Rule prohibits covered entities and business associates from disclosing PHI except as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medical Practice Management Tagged With: Enforcement, HIPAA, Medical Practice, Physician, Physician CPA, Physician Practice

Vendor HIPAA Breach: Should You Terminate The relationship?

March 27, 2021 By Reed Tinsley, CPA

Vendor HIPAA Breach Periodically we are asked questions about Business Associates and how to handle a vendor HIPAA breach. Recently, we were asked the following question: Under HIPAA concerning Business Associates, if you don’t have a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with a vendor and they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medical Practice Management Tagged With: Business Associate Agreement, HIPAA, HIPAA Breach, Medical Practice, Physician, Physician CPA, Physician Practice

HIPAA Compliance – Let’s Revisit

March 26, 2021 By Reed Tinsley, CPA

Revisiting HIPAA Compliance In the two decades since its original passage, HIPAA compliance (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) hasn’t gotten any easier. Enacted with the primary goal of protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of healthcare information, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medical Practice Management Tagged With: Compliance, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, Medical Practice, Physician, Physician CPA, Physician Practice

OCR Issues Audit Report on HIPAA Compliance

December 21, 2020 By Reed Tinsley, CPA

HIPAA Compliance The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its 2016-2017 HIPAA Audits Industry Report that reviewed selected health care entities and business associates for compliance with certain provisions of the HIPAA Privacy, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medical Practice Management Tagged With: Compliance, HIPAA, Medical Practice, Physician, Physician CPA

Diagnostic medical imaging services company pays $3,000,000 to settle breach exposing over 300,000 patients’ protected health information

May 6, 2019 By Reed Tinsley, CPA

  Touchstone Medical Imaging (“Touchstone”) has agreed to pay $3,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: HIPAA, Medical Practice, Physician, Physician CPA

HIPPA Security Risk Assessment Tool has been updated

January 29, 2019 By Reed Tinsley, CPA

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recognizes that conducting a risk assessment can be a challenging task. That’s why ONC, in collaboration with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), developed a downloadable Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool to help … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medical Practice Management, Uncategorized Tagged With: HIPAA

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Reed Tinsley, CPA

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