Help Me With HIPAA

Each year our Croatian sound editor, Bojan, compiles his favorite package of our issues to share his pain with our listeners. Listen in to hear how much he has to work to make us sound so much better than we should.

Thanks, Bojan for all the hard work!

For all our listeners, Happy Holidays and thanks for your support this year and in the future!

The allergy practice settlement that was recently announced will be known as the "no comment" settlement in my mind. As always, there are lessons to be learned from this announcement and the way OCR handled it. This settlement brings up a lot of discussions about handling patient public comments.

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There have been several announcements about cybersecurity agencies and offices lately. Some announcements are from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and some are from Health and Human Services (HHS). What are they talking about and what does it mean to you?

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It is hard to believe we are coming to the end of another year. Seems like just yesterday we recorded 7 Educated Guesses About 2018. Today we review our 2018 predictions, ummmm, educated guesses for 2018 and see how we did.

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This holiday we are both taking time off to celebrate with our friends and families. In our absence, please enjoy a replay of our previous Gift Giving Guide for compliance officers.

Listener message potpourri means we will be hitting several different topics in this episode. We get emails and messages from listeners a lot these days. While we do our best to respond we can't say we are consistent. That is why we do these episodes periodically. If we've missed yours, don't hesitate to point it out to us in another message.

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In the recent NIST OCR security conference, a panel member said the terms "HIPAA compliant" and "HIPAA certified" made her cringe. We agree. The Anthem settlement has a lot of people asking about certifications for cybersecurity since Anthem was technically HITRUST Certified when the hacker first broke into their network. Let's talk certifications and what they really mean under HIPAA, shall we?

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The 2015 Anthem data breach could have been a watershed moment for HIPAA privacy and security in many ways. It remains to be seen if the settlement with OCR turns out to be another one. Either way, the historic breach and historic settlement have many lessons for us to learn. Let's discuss Anthem settlement lessons today.

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Time for the annual Halloween episode! 5 horror movie quotes are this year's theme. We have 5 horror movie quotes that are matched up to data breach stories.

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We are #CyberAware is the tag for the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign. Each year this campaign is run by the National Cybersecurity Alliance. In 2018, Kardon, Security First IT, and HMWH are all signed up to be champions and publish information for the campaign. Today, we will review what these campaigns are about and how you can use these and more like them to augment your education program.

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