MSPs/Cloud Services NOT Responsible for Clients’ HIPAA Compliance

WATCH THIS VIDEO TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR HIPAA LIABILITY MSP’s & Cloud Services are NOT Responsible for Your Clients’ HIPAA Compliance, ...

New Guidance Proves Cloud Services Are Business Associates

New Guidance Proves Cloud Services Are Business Associates It’s over. New guidance from the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR) confirms that cloud services that store patient information must comply with HIPAA. Many cloud services and data centers have denied ...

States Strengthen Data Breach Laws and Regulations

By Mike Semel Originally published by If your cyber security and compliance program is focused on just one regulation, like HIPAA or ...

HIPAA Cloud Bursts

Published at New Guidance Proves Cloud Services Are Business Associates   It’s over. New guidance from the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ...

BIG $$$ HIPAA Fines Carry BIG Messages! (updated)

7 Critical Lessons You Should Learn  By Mike Semel, August 17, 2016 ...

BIG HIPAA Fines Carry BIG Messages!

BIG HIPAA Fines Carry BIG Messages! 7 Lessons You Should Learn The ‘HIPAA Police’ are on a rampage. In 2015 there were just over $ 6 million in penalties. In 2016- with 5 months still to go-the Office for Civil ...

The 7 HIPAA Audit Items the Feds Selected

HIPAA Audits Have Begun & Will Your Business Associates Cause You to Fail?                 The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that the ...

HIPAA and Orlando Regional Medical Center To Call the President

Don’t Blame HIPAA: It Didn’t Require Orlando Regional Medical Center To Call the President Mike Semel Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said the influx of patients to the hospitals created problems due to confidentiality regulations, which he worked to have waived ...

Security & Compliance are Executive Responsibilities

Kidnapped Hospital Data Was Probably Preventable By the time you read the ransom note it is too late ...

HIPAA BUSINESS ASSOCIATE MANAGEMENT

HIPAA BUSINESS ASSOCIATE MANAGEMENT 2016 UPDATE In 2016, A hospital was fined $ 2.7 million for storing patient data with a cloud service without having a Business Associate Agreement in place. Another hospital was penalized $ 1.55 million, and a ...