The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a subject you’ve likely encountered often. As a chiropractic practice, you know it’s important to follow HIPAA, but just how important is it? Well, the obvious answer is that it’s the...
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2022 HIPAA Breach Notification Deadline is March 1
Did your chiropractic office experience a breach of protected health information (PHI) in 2021 that affected less than 500 individuals? If so, you now have less than 30 days to act before the HIPAA Breach Notification deadline on March 1,...
Patient Privacy: Complete Your Security Risk Assessment
Each year, chiropractic practices are required to complete a security risk assessment to ensure that patient information is being handled properly and is secure. Both HIPAA and MACRA/MIPS identify the need to conduct an annual risk assessment. Although HIPAA does...
HIPAA in the Electronic Age
Following is part of a series of posts about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provided by the Compliancy Group, an ACA corporate partner and ACA’s preferred HIPAA solution. When HIPAA was initially enacted, the use of the...
