Etactics

AUGUST 10, 2022

When you think about HIPAA, I bet your mind will jump to healthcare professionals. If you don’t you’ll face a massive fine. If you don’t you’ll face a massive fine. But the truth is that HIPAA extends beyond facilities that treat patients. Here’s everything you need to know about business associate HIPAA training.

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p3care

MAY 9, 2023

In this blog, we will explore what kind of cyber risks medical billing services have. They all must be familiar with the penalties for policy violations. The federal government in the USA now especially emphasizes HIPAA compliance in healthcare. Today, medical billing services depend more on EHRs and automated billing systems.

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Etactics

AUGUST 31, 2021

Of course, there are multiple reasons why the healthcare industry is in a constant battle with staying HIPAA compliant. Just to give you an example, AAPC Physician Services Compliant and Profitable Practices created a checklist for the HIPAA Security and HITECH rules and it’s 19 pages long. First and foremost, it’s a complicated law.

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Etactics

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It was just a few years ago when news broke that a dental practice had to pay a $10,000 fine to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for a HIPAA violation. Although on the more extreme end, that’s a clear violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. On top of that, the Privacy Rule is just one-half of the whole regulation.

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Etactics

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Criminal fines and restitution. Train your staff in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to understand the importance of patient confidentiality. A HIPAA violation can easily (and quickly) turn into a data breach, thus opening your practice up to medical identity theft. Prison time. No worries!

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Etactics

DECEMBER 7, 2021

They also know that HIPAA breaches aren’t a matter of “if” they’ll happen, it’s a matter of “when”. Listing every compliance strategy that proactive healthcare managers incorporate into their organizations falls outside the scope of this blog post. Although they’re required by the HIPAA Security Rule, they’re a bit of an ego check.

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Etactics

JUNE 16, 2023

When companies ignore OSHA regulations, or perhaps just accidentally overlook them, violations and accidents become a real threat. These violations can have a negative effect on your business's reputation. But for the sake of this blog, let’s go over the top 10 of the most widely practiced OSHA online training courses.

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Etactics

MARCH 2, 2023

You’re looking at the possibility of a HIPAA violation. We’ve spent some time learning about the consequences of a HIPAA breach , but I’ll remind you that this can easily lead to a hefty fine. So, this can look like many different things, but we are going to focus on mailing addresses in this blog.

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Etactics

JULY 20, 2021

I could go into further detail based on the survey’s results and break down all of the reasons why so many modern-day patients struggle with paying off their medical debt, but that falls outside the scope of this blog post. Team Member: That is fine, work gets ahead of us sometimes. You simply can’t afford to.

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