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[ANSWERED] Do HIPAA Laws Apply to Employers?

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If you’re reading this blog, chances are that the company you work for works with HIPAA in some type of way. HIPAA’s requirements prevent the sharing or disclosing of protected health information, or PHI, without a patient’s consent. So on to the question that this blog is all about. Do HIPAA laws apply to employers?

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5 Effective HIPAA Breach Notification Letter Examples & Samples

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39 breaches exposed over 1.5 million healthcare records due to breaches in 2020 alone. They think that their compliance ecosystem is perfect and a breach couldn’t possibly happen to them. They also know that HIPAA breaches aren’t a matter of “if” they’ll happen, it’s a matter of “when”. Something doesn’t add up.

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13 Most Common HIPAA Violations: Unmasked

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According to Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report , employees caused 39% of healthcare breaches in 2021. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a topic we go over quite regularly in this blog. This standardized set of rules and regulations has been going on for more than 25 years now.

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HIPAA Compliance for Dental Offices: Best Practices to Sink Your Teeth Into

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But, it's hard to stay compliant with the regulation if you don't know what HIPAA compliance for dental offices looks like. In this blog post, we'll give you an overview of HIPAA compliance for dental offices. In this blog post, we'll give you an overview of HIPAA compliance for dental offices. The HIPAA Security Rule.

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[ANSWERED] Why Was HIPAA Created?

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Today, 61% of healthcare data breaches are due to negligent employees. We’ve gone over HIPAA in our blogs before , but let me refresh your memory on what the acronym stands for. HIPAA contains some of the most detailed and comprehensive requirements of any privacy and data security law to date, but I’m getting ahead of myself.

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HIPAA Security vs. Privacy: What's the Difference?

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On average, the global cost of a data breach in 2023 is about 4.45 No matter what type of media the information is on, such as on a computer or paper, your company must adhere to HIPAA rules and regulations to protect it. Why, through the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules of course! Conclusion What is PHI & ePHI?

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Business Associate HIPAA Training: Everything You Need to Know

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If you happen to work as a healthcare professional, odds are that you already know that you have to train your employees on an annual basis about the law’s requirements. Organizations that work with and support the operations of healthcare practices, hospitals and pharmacies also need to abide by HIPAA requirements. What is HIPAA?