Thursday, April 25, 2019

Alexa and HIPAA Round 2 - Ep 201


We discussed this whole Alexa and HIPAA thing before.  This week came the big announcement from Amazon that had headlines telling us that Alexa is HIPAA compliant with some slick new medical skills. Time to talk about her again.  Let’s see what the announcement really said.  While we are at it we will also look into the story that Amazon also has thousands of people sitting around listening to Alexa requests all day long.

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Thursday, April 18, 2019

We are shutting it down - Ep 200


It is hard to believe we are recording our 200th episode. Some might even say it is close to a miracle that David and Donna could stay focused on one thing for this long. Probably very true. Our passion for what we do here is more than most people would think. We truly do believe that tagline we use in every episode “HIPAA is not about compliance; it’s about patient care.”.

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Medical Record Release Fees - Ep 199


Medical record release is becoming a heated topic.  There are several parties involved in the discussion.  Of course, the patient and their rights to the medical record comes first.  Then, you have the providers trying to meet their obligations to supply the records.  But, there are also lawyers and medical record release of information companies and, of course, OCR involved.  Today we will try to make some sense out of the mess.

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Thursday, April 4, 2019

News From 2019 HIPAA Summit - Ep 198


We come bearing news from the 2019 HIPAA Summit, today. Officially, it was The 28th Annual National HIPAA Summit. The event happened in March from Washington, DC. Thankfully, they have offered a webcast option along with onsite attendance for years. I sat in on the HIPAA Summit sessions again via webcast and there is much to share.

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