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HIPAA Compliance – How We Make It Happen for Our Clients
PK Tech meets and works with a lot of healthcare practices in Arizona. A consistent pattern that we come across is that HIPAA is either
HIPAA Enforcers Request 55% Funding Increase to Strengthen Enforcement
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is sounding the horn for change, claiming that the current fines in place for organizations are too low
March 1st is the Annual HIPAA Small Breach Reporting Deadline
Next Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 is the Annual HIPAA Small Breach Reporting deadline. First off, let’s review: what is HIPAA? HIPAA stands for Health Insurance
Common Misconceptions (and Solutions) Around Third Party Email and Security Protection
There are so many complex aspects of cybersecurity. For many companies, the best starting point is addressing the most common vulnerable entry point first —
The DOJ is Turning Up the Heat on Shady MSPs
A new initiative called the Civil Cyber-Fraud initiative will aim to “utilize the False Claims Act (“FCA”) to pursue cybersecurity related fraud by government contractors
HIPAA Compliance — What Most People Get Wrong and Why Accepting Insurance is a Privilege
The world of HIPAA is a complicated and ever-changing landscape. As qualified technology compliance HIPAA experts (PK Tech owns the Compliancy Group’s HIPAA Seal of
Arizona Medical Practice Completely Loses EHR System in Ransomware Attack
Desert Wells Family Medicine, a local Arizona medical practice, recently permanently lost its electronic health record system (EHR) due to a cyber-attack (reference). The worst
Another Improper Hard Drive Disposal Leads to 100k Health Record Breach – Here Are Our Takeaways
Recently, personal data was leaked from over 100,000 patients at HealthReach Community Health Centers in Maine. How did this happen? Simple: by improper disposal of
Bending the Truth on Your Cybersecurity Insurance Application? See How It Cost a Healthcare Provider $4.125 Million.
If you’ve considered bending the truth or “lies by omission” on your cybersecurity application, we strongly encourage you to reconsider. The consequences can be expensive
