If your organization operates in or adjacent to healthcare, there’s a good chance that HIPAA applies to you. And if it does, it’s in your best interest to ensure your compliance ASAP.
The Security Rule ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected health information (PHI). And HIPAA security risk assessments are one crucial part of Security Rule compliance, along with other administrative, technical, and physical safeguards.
HIPAA violations can incur monetary fines and other penalties that scale with the severity of an offense. In worst-case scenarios, HIPAA violations could even lead to jail time.
With the passing of the Omnibus Rule, HIPAA came into its present form. Protections from the Privacy and Security Rules are now more stringent. And failure to meet any of the HIPAA rules is now met with greater fines, even when the organization doesn’t realize it broke a rule.
Organizations both within and adjacent to healthcare need to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). One major component of HIPAA compliance is preventing breaches. However, if one appears to have happened, a breach determination and risk assessment will determine whether you need to follow Breach Notification requirements.
Companies within the medical industry need to be aware of all rules and regulations that govern both the care side and the business side. That goes not just for healthcare providers themselves, but also many companies working with them.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) exists to secure protected health information (PHI). Most companies that provide healthcare services and their strategic partners need to implement HIPAA controls to protect stakeholders from cybercrime threats. Want to know if your company is a HIPAA-covered entity? Keep reading to discover if you are and what HIPAA compliance entails.
Most people would agree that basic human rights include privacy. However, social media, computers, and the Internet have eroded the traditional privacy and security barriers put in place. Documents can be shared with a simple click and access granted with credentials. Society can no longer dictate, in many cases, who or what has access to Personal Identifiable Information (PII).This especially affects healthcare provider entities, which up until the late 1990s and early 2000s kept most records in paper format.
There are privacy and security concerns surrounding patient data for companies in the healthcare industry and third-parties operating adjacent to it. Critically, patient data must be processed, stored, and transmitted securely. To keep data secure, companies need to protect this information per the specifications laid out in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The HIPAA Security Rule, in particular, comprises three primary components you’ll need to pay special attention to — but what are the three components of the HIPAA Security Rule?
Whether your business is directly involved in healthcare or indirectly connected to the industry through trade, there’s a good chance you’ll need to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
