Merry Christmas everyone!

With all the prepping for Santa's big visit tonight, we know that avoiding phishing scams is top of your list... yeah right. It may not be your focus at this moment, but avoiding email scams, particularly at this time of year, is tricky - just like the scammers - and Medcom wants to help you learn how to spot signs of email phishing and avoid being scammed any time of year. Thankfully, our resident HIPAA security guru and IT professional, Michael McGregor, wrote an article that addresses this topic. We first shared Michael'...

If you follow any of our social media, keep up with healthcare news, or watch any type of news broadcast, you have heard about HIPAA and the importance of staying compliant. If not, here is a brief run-down of what every company should know about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:

HIPAA Privacy Rule is a set of federal standards to protect the privacy of health information. The privacy rules provide patients with the right to access their records. The HIPAA Security Rule establishes national standards for the security of electronic protected health information (ePHI).  ...

Let’s think back. Think REALLY far back…all the way back to January 3, 2019. In January we shared a blog “All About HIPAA Privacy & Security,” which detailed exactly what HIPAA stands for and how Medcom can help companies become HIPAA compliant.  Yes, we know that was nearly two full months ago and you’ve been busy, not to mention we write such incredible content on the MedcomBlog we’re sure it's hard to keep up! So for the sake of your memory and our typing hands, here is a link...