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October 20, 2021: HIPAA Security Risk Analysis!

The HIPAA Security Risk Analysis is required by law, extremely helpful for reducing security risk - and very daunting. It's a lot of work, but well worth it. MPA will walk through what the Security Risk Analysis is, why you need one, and some practical tips to get you started on your own SRA.

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September 29, 2021: MPA Answers Your Burning Compliance Questions

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October 20, 2021: HIPAA Security Risk Analysis!

The HIPAA Security Risk Analysis is required by law, extremely helpful for reducing security risk - and very daunting. It's a lot of work, but well worth it. MPA will walk through what the Security Risk Analysis is, why you need one, and some practical tips to get you started on your own SRA.

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September 29, 2021: MPA Answers Your Burning Compliance Questions

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August 25, 2021: HIPAA Lessons from the Headlines

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HIPAA is a lot!

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Psych nurse gabs with TV news

In 2009, a Massachusetts man was charged with the murder of a college student at a café. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and was committed to a state psychiatric hospital for 60 years.

Eight years later, a nurse at this psychiatric hospital told the news that dangerous patients were playing violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto. The story made the TV news – with significant consequences. The man who was acquitted of murder charges in 2009 sued the hospital, claiming the nurse’s comments prevented his transfer to a building with lower security. He also claims the TV news story caused him distress and emotional pain and suffering and damaged his therapeutic progress.

Privacy breach leads to assault

A rape victim was treated at a Kansas City hospital, where she received a rape kit examination. Afterward, one of the hospital’s X-ray technicians allegedly used the patient’s medical information to warn the rapist that the victim is accusing him of rape. The victim has since filed a lawsuit against the hospital for wrongfully releasing her health information to the alleged rapist. According to the lawsuit, after she was released from the hospital, her alleged attacker harassed her with threats, texts, social media posts, and then attacked her again. The lawsuit asserts claims based on invasion of privacy, negligence, and fiduciary duty, and seeks financial and punitive damages.

HIPAA breaches ruin lives

One year after COVID-19 hit the United States, we are in varying stages of re-opening - and for many, remote work continues as the new normal.  This changing reality of where we are working brought this popular blog from 2019 to mind - so here is one from the archives...

The other day I stopped by my favorite local coffee shop for an afternoon pick-me-up. I ordered my guilty pleasure – a brown sugar rosemary latte – and sat down in the only available seat on the lobby couch to wait.

A few minutes later, a young woman came in and sat down next to me, opened her laptop, and began clack-clacking away (a common occurrence, as this coffee place is known as an unofficial co-working space).

I got up to get my latte, sat back down, and noticed that the woman was on the phone. I began reading an article about a recent HIPAA breach (in a moment you will learn the irony in this), and tried not to be distracted by her call. But, I couldn’t help but notice she seemed to be talking about a patient. She mentioned the patient’s name and birthday, and then scheduled an appointment for him. She went on to do this for several other patients. Then she called a few patients to check on their condition and well-being. I also couldn’t help but notice that she was typing information into some kind of EMR database.

If this was a cartoon, my head would have exploded at this moment.

Compliance is mandatory for SNFs! Is your compliance program survey-ready?

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Compliance is mandatory for SNFs! Is your compliance program survey-ready?

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HIPAA is a lot!

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