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Training Staff in HIPAA Regulations

In July 2017, Jay Hodes – President of Colington Consulting, provided comments to the Renal & Urology News regarding the effectiveness of HIPAA Security Awareness Training.  The HIPAA Security Rule requires that all staf…

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What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule?

Part of the Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that became law in 1996, the HIPAA Privacy Rule defined the part of the law that protects patients’ protected health information (PHI). Among organiz…

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The End of HIPAA Audits?

Recently, Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights Director Roger Severino signaled an end to the latest wave of HIPAA audits – but “no slowdown in our enforcement efforts.”

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