The Value of Your Dental Records and What Happens with Stolen PHI
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The Value of Your Dental Records and What Happens with Stolen PHI

HIPAA Compliance can save you hundreds of thousands to millions in fines and penalties.  The goalposts for HIPAA compliance change due to new...

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Exceptions to Privacy- Protected Health Information
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Exceptions to Privacy- Protected Health Information

Are you HIPAA compliant? Are you sure? There are situations that you can use or disclose Protected Health Information and you do not need a signed authorization to do so. Patients (or in some cases their caregivers) always have the Right of Access. Next, there...

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11 Steps to Protect Your Patients’ Information and Get Compliant with HIPAA (Before it’s Too Late)
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11 Steps to Protect Your Patients’ Information and Get Compliant with HIPAA (Before it’s Too Late)

Cyber security threats are continually evolving and they pose a very real and significant threat to dental practices. Ransomware is malicious software that takes over a victim’s hard drive when they click on an infected advertisement, email, attachment, or website and encry...

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The Silver Bullet of HIPAA Compliance for Dentists
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The Silver Bullet of HIPAA Compliance for Dentists

There is much to do to comply with all that HIPAA requires. First, consider ‘what’ you have to comply with (Privacy Rule, Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule. The Enforcement Rule prescribes Civil Monetary Pena...

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The Lowdown on Written HIPAA Policies and Procedures
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The Lowdown on Written HIPAA Policies and Procedures

To be HIPAA compliant Covered Entities (Dental Offices and DSOs) and Business Associates are required to have written policies and procedures, know them, follow them, and enforce them! Sadly this is something ALMOST every dental office fails to comply with. You may have a H...

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HIPAA Alert: $475,000 Hit for Late Breach Notification By Jeanine Lehman, Attorney
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HIPAA Alert: $475,000 Hit for Late Breach Notification By Jeanine Lehman, Attorney

On January 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced the first HIPAA enforcement action and settlement based on the late reporting of a breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI). Presence Heal...

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