
Compliance
As technology becomes more advanced, regulations become more complicated.
Intended to safeguard the security and privacy of personal health information, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) isn’t just for healthcare providers. All organizations that interact with healthcare data need safeguards in place to ensure that that protected health information, or PHI, doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. But, from covered and hybrid entities to required and “addressable” specifications, HIPAA requirements can be confusing— and, with civil and criminal penalties for noncompliance, the stakes are high. Proactively conducting a gap analysis against the Security, Privacy, and Breach Notification Rules can save you millions in the long run.
With nearly two decades of experience and senior HIPAA consultants with such certifications as HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP) and Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP), we’ll make sure you’re in the right hands.
Our HIPAA compliance services include:
Our consultants compare IT policies, procedures, systems, and networks to the Administrative, Physical, and Technical Safeguards required by the HIPAA Security Rule. We also identify systems and devices involved in the creation, transmission, or storage of electronic PHI and evaluate these technologies for technical threats, vulnerabilities, and risks.
Securance maps departmental policies and procedures to HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements to determine compliance with each section of the Rule. We also review the organization’s breach notification process and policies against the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
Having a full set of HIPAA policies, procedures, and forms is essential to compliance with the Privacy Rule. Securance can help your organization develop policies, procedures, and forms to suit each department that handles PHI.
All employees, regardless of whether they interact directly with PHI and ePHI, should receive proper training in HIPAA security and privacy principles. Securance offers classroom- and computer-based training options, with unique modules for:
As technology becomes more advanced, regulations become more complicated.
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