HIPAA Compliance

What is HIPAA Compliance

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) defines the standard for patient data security. Businesses dealing with sensitive health information (PHI) must have a physical or network and process security measures in place, and adhere to these for HIPAA Compliance. The covered entities are (anyone that provides treatment, payments operations, or treatment in healthcare) as well as associated business partners (anyone with access to patient data and assists in the treatment, payment and operations) must comply with HIPAA Compliance. Other entities, including subcontractors, as well as other business partners are also required to be in compliance.

Why is HIPAA Certification important for Organizations?

  • Equal Compliance: Organizations that have HIPAA Certification ensure legal compliance with certification requirements to safeguard PHI. However, violations and non-compliance are liable to severe penalties and fines that could damage the company's brand worth.
  • Improves clients and customers confidence and credibility: The trust of patients is built by health organizations with their most personal and sensitive details. Patients are more relaxed knowing that their personal information is handled with the utmost security and care thanks the HIPAA Certification. Acquiring an Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Certification enhances the credibility of an organization and increases its reliability to protect privacy and data security.
  • Secure Data: Secure measures, like access controls, encryption and regular audits are necessary to obtain HIPAA certification. In addition, HIPAA certification helps the general security of data approach to safeguard against potential security breaches and the increasing threat of cybercrime.

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