The HIPAA encryption requirements for home health agencies rest on a distinction that most published guidance gets wrong. Protecting electronic protected health information, or ePHI, while it moves across a network is required. Encrypting it is addressable, which is a much…
How Often Do Home Health Agencies Need a HIPAA Risk Assessment?
How often do home health agencies need a HIPAA risk assessment is one of the questions San Francisco Bay Area agencies ask most, and the honest answer is that the regulation never gives a number. What it gives is an expectation…
How to Build an ePHI Asset Inventory for a Home Health Agency
This guide explains why an ePHI asset inventory for home health agencies matters, how to build and maintain one on your own, and how IT Total Care handles it for your agency. The inventory is the artifact the rest of the…
HIPAA Risk Assessment for Home Health Agencies: What OCR Requires
A HIPAA risk assessment for home health agencies is a documented analysis of the risks and vulnerabilities affecting every piece of electronic protected health information, or ePHI, that the agency creates, receives, maintains, or transmits. The requirement sits at 45 CFR…
Common IT Problems Home Care Agencies Have (and How to Avoid Them)
This guide explains common IT problems, why strong IT infrastructure is critical for home-based care companies, how to strengthen your environment internally, and how IT Total Care provides structured, proactive support tailored to healthcare workflows. Why IT Stability Matters for Home-Based…
FAQ: The Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Update for Home Health Agencies
The HIPAA Security Rule update home health agencies keep hearing about has generated more confusion than almost any regulatory item in recent years, largely because it is being described as settled when it is not. Below are the questions Bay Area…
How to Create a Device Inventory List at a Home Care Agency: A Step-by-Step Guide
This guide explains why device inventory management is essential for home-based care providers, how your agency can create a device inventory list internally, and how IT Total Care helps healthcare teams maintain accurate device visibility across their environments. Why Device Inventory…
How to Prepare for the HIPAA Security Rule Update: A Practical Guide for Home Health Agencies
Three vendor emails landed in your agency inbox this quarter, each one explaining that encryption of patient data is now mandatory and that the deadline has already passed. A fourth attached a compliance package with a price. Meanwhile your director of…
How to Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) at a Home Care Agency: A Step-by-Step Guide
This guide explains why MFA is essential for home-based care companies, how organizations can implement multi-factor authentication internally, and how IT Total Care helps healthcare providers deploy and manage MFA securely. Why Multi-Factor Authentication Matters for Home-Based Care Companies Multi-Factor Authentication…
Is the HIPAA Security Rule Update Final? What Home Health Agencies Need to Know in 2026
Where the proposed rule actually stands, what it would require, and which preparations are worth making before any of it becomes law No. The HIPAA Security Rule update home health agencies have been hearing about since early 2025 is still a…