HIPAA Insider

The 2026 HIPAA Rule Updates: From “Addressable” to Required HIPAA compliance is entering a new phase—and “optional” security measures are quickly disappearing. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. and cloud security expert Gil Vidals break down the major HIPAA Security Rule updates shaping healthcare compliance in 2026. As regulators push key safeguards from “addressable” to REQUIRE...

In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. breaks down the alarming UK Biobank scandal involving reports of 500,000 health records listed for sale on Alibaba and what it reveals about the future of healthcare security. We discuss: How “authorized” users became the vulnerability Why “de-identified” data may not truly be anonymous The growing risks of healthcare data sharing Insider threats...

Building a healthcare app with AI has never been easier—but it may be setting you up for costly problems down the road. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , we dive into the risks of “vibe coding” using platforms like Bubble, Glide, and Base44, and how these tools can lock you into “walled garden” environments that limit scalability, security, and compliance. We break down: What the AI codi...

HIPAA compliance is entering a new era—and 2026 will mark a major turning point. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. and HIPAA Vault CEO Gil Vidals break down the upcoming modernization of the HIPAA Security Rule and the growing wave of AI disclosure regulations impacting healthcare organizations. As key safeguards shift from “addressable” to required , and states introduce stricte...

HIPAA compliance doesn’t have to be complex—or expensive. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. and HIPAA Vault CEO Gil Vidals go back to fundamentals, breaking down the essential tools healthcare practitioners need in 2026 to stay secure and compliant without overspending. Whether you're a solo provider, private practice, or growing clinic, this episode provides a practical road...

You’ve built your healthcare app with AI. The MVP works. The “vibe” is right. But now comes the critical step: making it secure and HIPAA-compliant for real patient data. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. and HIPAA Vault CEO Gil Vidals move beyond theory and into execution—breaking down the exact framework used to transform AI-built applications into production-ready, compliant s...

AI is accelerating how healthcare applications are built—but it’s also exposing a growing gap between innovation and security. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. sits down with Mike Armistead , CEO of Pulse Security AI and a serial tech entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience, to explore how AI-assisted coding is reshaping healthcare development—and what it means for securit...

In healthcare, signing a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is only the beginning. To safely deploy AI, organizations must go beyond paperwork and implement privacy-preserving technologies (PETs) that protect patient data at the architectural level. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. is joined by Timothy Nobles to explore how healthcare leaders can innovate with AI while maintaini...

AI coding tools are enabling a new wave of healthcare innovators. Doctors, clinicians, and founders are now “vibe coding” applications using tools like Replit, Cursor, and v0—rapidly building MVPs with the help of large language models. But what happens when those apps start handling real patient data ? In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , host Adam Z. and HIPAA Vault CEO Gil Vidals explore...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming healthcare—but without the right data strategy, innovation can quickly turn into a compliance nightmare. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. sits down with Franck Leveneur, CEO of Data-Sleek , to discuss how healthcare organizations can bridge the gap between AI innovation and HIPAA compliance . They explore why many healthcare AI ini...

What separates a service-based health-tech company from a scalable, high-valuation SaaS platform? In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. welcomes Ghazenfer Mansoor , CEO & Founder of Technology Rivers, to break down the strategic roadmap from custom services to enterprise-ready SaaS. With over 15 years of experience building AI-driven, HIPAA-compliant platforms, Ghazenfer shares:...

Filling out a security questionnaire doesn’t mean you’re secure. In healthcare and digital health, startups often spend weeks checking “Yes” on 300-row spreadsheets — believing that equals compliance. But enterprise buyers are looking for something very different: proof of security maturity. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. sits down with Larry Trotter II, Founder of Inherent Se...

Most AI tools being used in healthcare today are not compliant with 42 CFR Part II — and that creates serious legal and regulatory risk. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , host Adam Zeineddine sits down with former federal regulator and national security professional Sam Hart , founder of Hathr. AI, to unpack what healthcare organizations must understand before deploying Generative AI. We...

Your health data may be for sale — without you ever knowing. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , we uncover the invisible industry of health data brokers and how so-called “de-identified” medical records are legally sold to advertisers, insurers, and third parties. Host Adam Z. is joined by Dr. Edward Sharpless , Co-Founder of HealthConsent , to discuss: How health data is monetized behind...

The cyber war has entered a new phase — Good AI vs. Bad AI . In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , host Adam Z. explores how the release of WormGPT in 2023 sparked a dangerous AI arms race, giving rise to tools like FraudGPT and DarkBERT that have automated cybercrime at an unprecedented scale. AI-driven phishing attacks have surged over 1,000% , deepfake scams are stealing millions, and hea...

Collecting patient data shouldn’t be expensive or complicated. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam is joined by HIPAA Vault CEO Gil Vidals to unveil the new HIPAA Forms & Workflow product—built to simplify secure patient intake from start to finish. We break down how healthcare organizations can: Build HIPAA-compliant online forms with drag-and-drop simplicity Eliminate per-user a...

Major changes to HIPAA are coming — and they will impact every healthcare organization , regardless of size. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. and HIPAA Vault CEO Gil Vidals break down the proposed 2026 updates to the HIPAA Security Rule and why these changes represent a mandatory shift toward stronger technology controls across healthcare. We cover the non-negotiable technical r...

In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. and HIPAA Vault CEO Gil Vidals revisit one of the most common — and most misunderstood — questions in healthcare IT: using WordPress in a HIPAA-regulated environment. With upcoming 2026 HIPAA Security Rule updates making safeguards mandatory and enforcement stricter, we break down what has fundamentally changed and what core compliance principles...

As healthcare moves deeper into the cloud, one question keeps coming up: Which platform is truly the most HIPAA-ready for 2026? Google Cloud? AWS? Azure? In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of the three cloud giants — specifically through the lens of HIPAA compliance and PHI security . You’ll learn: How GCP, AWS, and Azure differ in their secur...

AI is transforming healthcare — but can tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini truly handle patient data safely? In this week’s HIPAA Insider Show , Adam puts the biggest AI chatbots to the test with a live compliance experiment , asking them directly about their HIPAA readiness . The results? Eye-opening. You’ll learn: What AI chatbots say about their own HIPAA compliance Why the Business Associa...

Moving healthcare data to the cloud can be game-changing — but is it truly HIPAA compliant ? In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , host Adam Z. and HIPAA Vault CEO Gil Vidals dive deep into what healthcare organizations need to know about cloud compliance , the Shared Responsibility Model , and how to avoid the most common pitfalls when managing PHI in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. You’ll lea...

One missing laptop. Millions in penalties. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam and Gil examine one of the most costly HIPAA violations in recent years — the $3.9 million fine issued to the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research after a stolen, unencrypted laptop exposed sensitive patient data. They break down: How a single stolen device triggered a massive HIPAA fine What security...

Can ChatGPT or Gemini be HIPAA compliant? We explore LLM as a Service vs. Self-Hosted and what it means for protecting PHI. AI is rapidly transforming healthcare — but can tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini be used in a HIPAA-compliant way? In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. dives into the critical differences between LLM as a Service vs. Self-Hosted models and what each means f...

From free scans to pen tests — Adam Z. and Henri Alfonso explain the different types of vulnerability scans and how they impact your security. Not all vulnerability scans are created equal. From free URL-based checks to full-scale penetration tests, knowing the difference is key to strengthening your security posture. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam Z. and HIPAA Vault’s expert Hen...

Is your online scheduling tool HIPAA compliant? Adam explains how to protect PHI, avoid fines, and choose the right solution for secure patient scheduling. In this episode of the HIPAA Insider Show , Adam dives into the growing need for HIPAA compliant online scheduling tools in healthcare. With more practices moving to digital appointment booking, protecting PHI and avoiding costly HIPAA violatio...