Expert guidance on HIPAA compliance, healthcare technology, and building a culture of compliance.
Covering HIPAA risk management frameworks, encryption requirements, audit controls, and real-world compliance scenarios for covered entities. Each article draws from actual compliance engagements to show how organizations successfully close gaps and prepare for OCR oversight.
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Sign-in sheets are fine. Calling names is fine. Replying to an online review is where practices end up paying OCR settlements. The front desk rules, in plain English.
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HIPAA does not tell you how long to keep patient charts. State law does. The six-year rule everyone cites covers something else entirely.
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Yes, with a business or enterprise plan, the automatic BAA, and correct configuration. The BAA is the easy part. Setup is where practices slip.
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The HIPAA onboarding sequence for a small practice: what to sign, train, assign, and document before a new hire ever touches a patient record.
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HIPAA vulnerability scanning is not required yet. Here is what the proposed Security Rule would mandate: scans every 6 months, annual pen tests, and MFA.
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Accountable HQ sells HIPAA software and training. This review checks its public HIPAA content against the regulation, finding by finding.
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Google now lets you sign in with a selfie video. Here is what healthcare organizations need to know about biometric authentication, HIPAA compliance, and the risks of cloud-stored facial data.
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HIPAA consulting is less rigid than compliance software alone. A consultant who also offers software wrote this comparison. He has seen what happens when software alone is not enough.
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HHS pushed the Security Rule overhaul to July 2027. But the 42 CFR Part 2 changes for substance use disorder records are already in force. Here is what your practice needs to do right now.
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