Do I Need A Lawyer? - Ep 142

Information privacy and security requirements in various laws are coming up in legal cases more often these days.  Part of that is because we have more of those type laws. Although HIPAA has been in effect for over a decade, I don’t recall seeing it used in lawsuits and legal cases as frequently as I do now.  Maybe I am just paying more attention but there are certainly plenty of cases in the courts today.  Most are civil cases but some are even criminal cases.  After hearing these you will probably know the answer to the question “Do I need a lawyer”.   Probably, maybe, that is a fact-specific determination.  Honestly, though, the answer is you probably will if you are not taking information privacy and security seriously today.

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5 Breaches Equals 1 Big Settlement - Ep 141

As expected, OCR has continued to announce enforcement actions in 2018.  This one is a bit different than any previous resolution in that there are 5 different cases across multiple locations in a single organization. It is also important to note that all 5 of these issues data back to 2012.  Almost 6 years since the first one occurred, we have the resolution agreement.

 

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HIPAA Made Easy? - Ep 140

HIPAA made easy is a topic we have discussed many times before but today we are going to cover it specifically.  So often we get requests for the “easiest way” to do HIPAA. This isn’t something to check off a list and have it done. It is something that you do every day as part of your business. The idea that you can make HIPAA easy is similar to saying that doing all of your accounting and taxes for your business is easy.  Maybe if there is one person to pay and that is you but handling your finances correctly isn’t something many people find easy. Yes, the data can be gathered and entered into systems.  But, do you know all the forms to complete, documents to save, follow up to do, classifications to determine, etc.  It isn’t easy but it is doable.  So is HIPAA.  

 

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6 Cybersecurity Lessons In The News - Ep 139

Cybersecurity is in the news a lot lately. Particularly a lot of news just since the beginning of the year. As usual, we review all the news looking for important things to share with our clients and listeners.  There are just so many different stories to choose from this week, we decided to cover several of them in one episode.  So, here are 6 cybersecurity lessons in the news. Some of them may be things you saw before but all of them were worth discussing what we should be aware of and learn from all the information coming in for 2018.

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