HIPAA Compliance
HIPAA Compliance
Navigating the challenges of PHI Security and Privacy.
UNDERSTANDING HIPAA
Your guide to compliance and information security.
The Healthcare Information Portability and Accountability Act was established in 1996 in an effort to address, among other things, the rapid conversion of paper healthcare records into a digital format. In recent years, HIPAA has become the standard for many modern privacy acts. The healthcare industry has evolved to include an entire ecosystem of small and medium businesses that support payers and providers by providing them with analytics and access to large repositories of healthcare records.
PSG provides enterprise scale support to small and medium businesses with a large industry footprint, and responsibility to comply with modern HIPAA regulations. Let PSG help you classify and protect your PHI data.
Understanding The Act
HIPAA Terms
H.I.P.A.A
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients’ medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers.
PHI
Protected Health Information. The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that information.
Provider
A health care provider is an individual or an institution that provides preventive, curative, promotional, or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to individuals, families or communities.
Covered Entity
(1) health plans, (2) health care clearinghouses, and (3) health care providers who electronically transmit any health information in connection with transactions for which HHS has adopted standards.
PHR
Personal Health Record. This is an electronic application through which patients can maintain and manage their health information (and that of others for whom they are authorized) in a private, secure, and confidential environment.
Are you required to comply with HIPAA law? Find out how you can secure your organizations PHI in an affordable way.
Are you required to comply with HIPAA law? Find out how you can secure your organizations PHI in an affordable way.
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