16 May Compliance Management Helps Cure HIPAA Regulation Anxiety
If you’re an IT professional that works for an organization covered by HIPAA -- or you’re an MSP with clients who are covered --there’s a lot that you need to know...
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14 Mar HIPAA Compliance Services: The Rx for Lagging Sales
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule that protects electronic data went into effect in 2005, but small and midsize healthcare organizations are still struggling to comply with the law. They are confused and fear the Security Rule because they don’t have the...
18 Feb Resources That Make the Difference: Leveraging Marketing Tools to Generate HIPAA Compliance Projects
RapidFire Tools continually looks for ways to help its partners sell their services to end customers. With that in mind, we’ve produced an infographic on HIPAA compliance breaches you can download and customize for your MSP brand. It features a list of eye-opening stats that...
07 Jan Why Compliance Makes for Good Business
Millions of companies fall under specific industry IT security and privacy regulations such as PCI, HIPAA and GDPR. However, those not REQUIRED to be in compliance with these standards should act is if they are – being in compliance is good security and data privacy discipline. There are many areas of liability...
25 Oct The Revelations of HIPAA Compliance Assessments
HIPAA presents a tremendous opportunity for MSPs to gain new customers and increase revenues through ongoing HIPAA compliance assessments. If you’re a managed service provider looking to increase or build your HIPAA compliance business, you should be aware of the some of the most common...
13 Aug HIPAA Compliance Continues to Grow in Complexity and Your Clients Need Help
HIPAA IT compliance is primarily concerned with ensuring all provisions of the HIPAA Security Rule are followed and all elements on the HIPAA IT compliance checklist are covered. Identifying risks via ongoing assessments and documentation is critical to HIPAA IT security and compliance. Failure is not an Option Failure to comply with HIPAA regulations can result in...
27 Mar 6 Tips to Avoid HIPAA Compliance Violations
In an earlier blog, we outlined some of the most common HIPAA violations that befall covered entities and business associates. Now we’ve got some tips for MSPs to help their clients avoid those HIPAA violations and costly fines and maintain continual compliance. Set Up Multi-Factor...
10 Mar Implement NIST CSF for a HIPAA Safe Harbor
Guest blog by Mike Semel, president of Semel Consulting A new federal law plans to reward HIPAA covered entities and business associates for implementing the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). The law provides ‘safe harbor’ from HIPAA data breach penalties and allows...
30 Dec Say No to HIPAA Compliance Shortcuts – 5 Software Features That MSPs Need
Sometimes shortcuts are a boon. They speed you to your destination, saving you both time and resources. However, on other occasions, shortcuts can also lead to mistakes, costing you more time and resources. HIPAA compliance is one area in which MSPs cannot afford to take...
18 Nov Could Your Clients Be Committing One of These 8 Most Common HIPAA Violations?
As an MSP, do you work with clients who are HIPAA covered entities or their business associates? Are you doing all you can to protect them from committing the most common HIPAA violations? We’ve compiled a list of compliance offenses that organizations most frequently commit. We...
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