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Hipaa
Compliance
The Health Insurance
Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) calls for
improved efficiency in the healthcare industry through the
standardization of electronic data interchange, as well as the
protection of confidentiality and security of health data through
rigorously enforced regulations. This means, in order to reach
compliance with HIPAA, healthcare organizations (and virtually any
organization that handles personal health care information) must
meet standardization requirements for electronic patient health,
administrative, and financial data. Additionally, security standards
established by HIPAA exist to protect the confidentiality and
integrity of "individually identifiable health information." This
applies to current and future records, as well as archived past
information.
The new HIPAA
regulations apply to every healthcare organization. Healthcare
providers, health plans, employers, public health authorities, life
insurers, clearing houses, billing agencies, information systems
vendors, service organizations, and universities are all accountable
to the HIPAA requirements. Compliance for the Transactions Rule took
effect October 16, 2002. For the Privacy Rule, compliance is
mandated by April 14, 2003.
Able Shred LLc can help you meet
HIPAA requirements, simply and painlessly. We can keep you compliant
regarding privacy and chain of custody of personal health
information. We understand the HIPAA regulations, and have been
working with our clients to meet HIPAA guidelines since the rules
were initially published. We can help ensure your healthcare
organization is HIPAA compliant, too.
For
many in the healthcare industry, the need to meet HIPAA requirements
could cause a number of headaches and data processing bottlenecks.
Contact us at Able Shred LLc, or for more information visit http://www.hhs.gov/news/facts
Identity
Theft
The fastest growing crime in the country, now
reaching epidemic proportions
Do not reveal personal or account
information online or over the phone if the call was
inbound.
Protect all important documents with
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The government has
dedicated an entire website to learn more about this increasing
threat. http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/
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