Compliance Tips
Learn How to Bolster Healthcare Cybersecurity at your Organization Today
ComplyAssistant’s President and CEO Gerry Blass and Community Options’ Director of Technology Jason Tahaney recently authored an article in HCCA’s Compliance Today magazine titled “How Simplifying your IT Environment can Bolster Security.” The article provided important tips and best practices for CIOs to keep in mind. As the present-day cybersecurity environment continues to be ravaged by hackers and scammers, this article serves as a reminder that sometimes the best tools for mitigating risk are in your own backyard.
Mitigate Risk and Improve Security with a DRBC Plan Today
ComplyAssistant President and CEO Gerry Blass recently sat down with Healthcare IT Today Editor and Founder John Lynn to discuss “The Impact of Ransomware on Healthcare Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity and Practical Steps to Improve.” Throughout the conversation, Blass shared his expert advice on why all organizations need a Disaster Recovery Business Continuity (DRBC) plan and offered useful tips for mitigating risks within your organization.
Tips to Pass a Surprise Healthcare Audit
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever for healthcare providers to maintain industry standards for patient care within their respective enterprises. State departments of health (DOHs) are taking a closer look at emergency preparedness plans with a more intentional focus on pandemic response through the implementation of spot or “surprise” audits.
Cybersecurity Risks Update from the Experts Webinar: Protect Your Organization Today
As cybersecurity threats continue to wreak havoc on companies of all sizes, the importance of education and training for leaders is critical. In partnership with HFMA New Jersey, our team hosted a free, comprehensive webinar with health information technology (HIT) leaders from three of the top healthcare organizations located in New York and New Jersey. The discussion focused on internal and external cybersecurity risks and identified new risks directly resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Preparing to pass a spot audit conducted by your state department of health
Gerry Blass – ComplyAssistant President and CEO. Dana Penny – Chief Compliance Officer at The New Jewish Home in New
How to Protect Your Organization from the Next Phishing Scam
In today’s world, it’s easier than ever for hackers to take advantage of organizations online. Recent examples of this have come in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline attack and the Scripps Health EHR breach. The repercussions of both attacks—which include gasoline shortages up and down the east coast and disruption of EHR, website, and patient portal—are continuing to be felt long after the bad actors do their dirty work. So, what can organizations do to protect themselves?
The Annual Phishing Report looks at the latest trends in cybersecurity as well the top risks to watch out for. Learn about the key findings as well as advice from industry experts.
One year into the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, phishing attacks against healthcare organizations remain a chief concern. Threat actors are constantly
How AI Can Help with Contract Management
By Gerry Blass and Robert F. Porr, CHC Nearly half of healthcare executives polled in a 2019 Accenture study rank
Podcast: Making Sense of the Preventing Harm Exception
EPISODE SUMMARY As part of our series about the Information Blocking Final Rule, Helen Oscislawski, Esq., joins HI Pitch host
Different kind of virus: Hospitals, already strained by pandemic, find selves squarely in hackers’ crosshairs
Hackers are setting their sights on the healthcare industry this year for fraud schemes, phishing attacks and other cybersecurity threats.
A 2016-2017 HIPAA Audits Industry Report shows that many organizations struggle with risk analysis. Learn about key takeaways from the report as well as advice from industry experts.
OCR report shows risk analysis remains an issue for organizations In addition to struggling to properly fulfill patient records requests,