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HIPAA Compliance:

iPhone Breach Leads to Six Figure Settlement

Published on Wed Aug 24, 2016

Make sure your practice’s business associates stay on the right side of the law. Your practice’s Business Associates (BAs)—which can include optical labs, billing companies, and IT firms—are just as liable under the HIPAA privacy law as your practice is, and one Philadelphia business found that out the hard way recently. Ensure that your BAs stay compliant with the patient [...]
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