These are contracts that are required between a covered entity and a business associate, or between two business associates because they can exchange PHI or ePHI. HIPAA Enforcement Rule This rule provides parameters used to investigate companies for alleged or potential breaches of HIPAA policy. It...
Under HIPAA, a Security Risk Assessment is NOT ENOUGH to be compliant–it’s only one essential audit that HIPAA-beholden entities are required to perform in order to maintain their compliance year-over-year. Remediation Plans –Once covered entities and business associates have identified their ...
A HIPAA-covered entity is any organization or corporation that directly handles PHI or personal health records (PHRs). Covered entities are required to comply with HIPAA andHITECH(Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act mandates for the protection of PHI and PHRs. Cover...
The HIPAA Privacy Rule is designed to be flexible and comprehensive to cover the variety of uses and disclosures that need to be addressed. Covered entities regulated by the Rule are required to comply with all of its applicable HIPAA requirements. The Privacy Rule applies to health plans, ...
Security Management Process:By this standard, organizations beholden to HIPAA are required to assess “the accurate and thorough assessment of the potential risks and vulnerabilities to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information.” Once the organization has id...
There are many rules and protocols required to achieve HIPAA compliance. Following are several of the key elements of an effective HIPAA compliance program. Assign someone as the privacy officer to oversee the compliance program across the organization ...
Consultants and auditors:Professionals who access PHI while assessing a covered entity’s operations and compliance status. In addition to these primary categories, subcontractors working with business associates may also be required to comply with HIPAA regulations if they handle PHI. This is known as...
s important to implement security checks throughout the software development process to ensure that any new issues that manifest within the pipeline are detected as early as possible. It can, however, be difficult for teams to coordinate and manage the variety of security checks required, due to...
2. HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a federal law in the United States to ensure the security and privacy of Protected health information which is any demographic or personal information that can help identify a patient. Who needs to comply with HIPAA? Both cove...
A perfect information security policy that no one follows is no better than having no policy at all. You need your staff to understand what is required of them. Training should be conducted to inform employees of security requirements, including data protection, data classification, access control...