Year-End Health Report

Jan 4, 2021 | HSN

Ideally, we have a health physical once a year.  We assess what we are doing right, what we are doing wrong, and make modifications to our overall wellness plan as needed.  Hopefully, nothing is wrong, and we can proceed with the usual cautions and goals of...

Safe Harbor Bill

Dec 29, 2020 | Government, HSN, Policies and Procedures

In our blog earlier this year that provided an overview of 2009’s Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH Act) we discussed how this was designed to promote the use of electronic health records (EHR) within the healthcare system and its...

Safe Harbor Bill

Dec 29, 2020 | Government, HSN, Policies and Procedures

In our blog earlier this year that provided an overview of 2009’s Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH Act) we discussed how this was designed to promote the use of electronic health records (EHR) within the healthcare system and its...

Vaccination Scams

Dec 21, 2020 | HSN

It hasn’t even been available for a minute and we’re already being warned about scams surrounding the COVID-19 vaccination.  With healthcare being a huge target for cybercrime already, this isn’t surprising.   Consumers should be aware of phone calls, text messages,...

Potential Changes Ahead

Dec 14, 2020 | HSN, OCR, Policies and Procedures

The Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that could be substantial. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposal stated it was to “remove barriers to, coordinated care and individual engagement” and was...

Threat to Healthcare

Dec 7, 2020 | HSN

We have had quite a year so far in 2020, and if you are in healthcare, you were hit especially hard with something that you likely didn’t adequately prepare to deal with.  However, according to a recent report from Black Book Market Research LLC, the healthcare...