HIPAA Compliance Services

Did you know many businesses outside of the healthcare industry also need to follow HIPAA laws? That’s why 94% of organizations fails a HIPAA audit.

Can you comfortably say your business is HIPAA compliant?

Who needs to be HIPAA compliant?

Covered Entities: Any organization that collects, creates, or transmits Protected Health Information (PHI) electronically. Healthcare organizations that are considered covered entities include healthcare providers, healthcare clearinghouses, and health insurance providers.

Business Associates: Any organization that encounters PHI in any way over the course of work that it has been contracted to perform on behalf of a covered entity. There are many, many examples of business associates because of the wide scope of service providers that may handle, transmit, or process PHI. Common examples include: billing companies, practice management firms, third-party consultants, EHR platforms, MSPs, IT providers, faxing companies, shredding companies, physical storage providers, cloud storage providers, email hosting services, attorneys, accountants, and many more.

What is a HIPAA violation?

A HIPAA violation is any breach in an organization’s compliance program that compromises the integrity of PHI.

A HIPAA violation differs from a data breach. Not all data breaches are HIPAA violations. A data breach becomes a HIPAA violation when the breach is the result of an ineffective, incomplete, or outdated HIPAA compliance program or a direct violation of an organization’s HIPAA policies.

Here’s an example of the distinction:

A DATA BREACH occurs when one of your employees has an unencrypted company laptop with access to medical records stolen.
A HIPAA VIOLATION occurs when the company whose laptop has been stolen doesn’t have a policy in place barring laptops being taken offsite or requiring they be encrypted.

What Can Help?

Using a HIPAA software solution for task management makes it easier to track progress and establish a timeline for tasks. It also makes meeting HIPAA requirements manageable for businesses of all sizes. Without HIPAA software, managing the complex tasks required for compliance can be confusing and overwhelming.

The software includes a dedicated Compliance Coach, Audits, Training, Business Associate Agreements (BAAs), and Breach Support.

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