We discussed the patient rights to access medical records a few episodes ago. Since then, a new study came out that says a majority of providers are not complying with patient medical records requests. I have also gotten more questions about law firms demanding to pay only $6.50 for medical records requests. We are discussing these issues with specifics about fees for patient requests in this episode.
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When you work with outsourced IT or Managed Service Providers (MSPs) you need to vet them closely to make sure they truly do understand what HIPAA requires from your organization. Here are seven questions to ask your IT team about HIPAA.
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The Ponemon Institute has produced an annual study of data breach costs. This is the 14th year. We have used it as a guide for a lot of information over the years. The data has consistently been helpful for us to understand what are the key drivers in data breach costs, remediation, and response. If you can find what the major factors include, it is a great way to determine your priorities in investing resources with the biggest impact. Let’s see what we learned from the 2019 version sponsored by IBM.
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Who is a business associate? A listener asked for an episode on it. Turns out we haven't done one since episode 2. Wow! So, maybe there is more we have to add to that topic in 2019 after 214 other episodes. Today, let’s talk about how to determine who is your Business Associates or BA.
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We have gotten a flurry of listener questions and comments lately. Since it is so much easier to do an episode based you listener questions that writing up a whole plan we are definitely doing those today. We really do read and respond to as many as we can. So here we go.
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