Thursday, April 26, 2018

Physicians and Security Officers - Ep 151


The American Medical Association (AMA) did a survey of physicians and their thoughts about privacy and security practices. It was interesting to hear their responses. Also, when a group of Security Officers gets together for a chat some people glaze over.  For nerds like us, it is an exciting discussion. Today we are going to discuss the Security Officer panel topics and the AMA report presentation from the National HIPAA Summit.

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Ready for extreme vendor vetting? - Ep 150


Are you ready for extreme vendor vetting? Many vendors have been pushing back against any covered entity or business associate that asked them to answer questions about their privacy and security programs. They believe signing a business associate agreement (BAA) meets the legal requirements and that is all they must do. Well, the times they are a changing - again.  There are many different factors making it necessary to ask these type questions and not just accept a BAA as reasonable assurances. What are those factors and how things are changing are the topics we discuss in this episode.

 

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Thursday, April 12, 2018

National HIPAA Summit News - Ep 149


The National HIPAA Summit always features some interesting news from OCR concerning guidance, enforcement, and audits.  This year was no different. In this episode, we discuss the highlights as we interpreted them anyway.

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Thursday, April 5, 2018

Cyberscary Trends - Ep 148


Cybersecurity trends sound scary when you hear us talk about some of this stuff.  Cyberscary is actually what we decided to call it.  The good news is we do talk about other things sometimes. There are two reports that came out in recent weeks have gotten my attention and just have to be discussed with you guys.

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