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HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule
There are four physical safeguard standards: facility access controls, workstation use, workstation security, and device and media controls. Each standard has implementation specifications, which can be required or addressable. Here, addressable does not mean “optional.” An addressable implementation specification means that a covered entity must use reasonable and appropriate measures to meet the standard. Physical … Continue reading
HIPAA Requirements for business associates
In keeping with the growing privacy and security compliance as per the American laws, business associates are immediately required to comply directly with many of the HIPAA’s rules. If as a business associate, you fail to comply with these rules, you are subject to civil and criminal penalties, including a provision that allows individuals to … Continue reading
Experts predict federal law on medical ID theft
It is expected that in United States after the presidential election new congress seems to be in mood to bring a new proposal to strength federal law to combat medical identity theft. Medical identify theft is developing into a new type of crime in American soil where fraudulent activities cost billion of dollars to health … Continue reading
Government Agencies Have Finally Got Into Action to Implement HIPAA
In respect to check out the data security, the US Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) audit’s of Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta open a debate over federal government’s willingness to enforce HIPAA’s security and privacy rules. As on the footsteps of Piedmont audit, approximately, after 18 months a severe agreement was signed between HHS … Continue reading
Medical Establishment Should Concentrate Over EMR Software
With the launch of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act into the force and implementation, it has increased conventionality and complexity of paper-based office. The most difficult part of HIPAA is that responsibility of regulating and carrying over the clauses of HIPAA completely lies with medical establishments and hospitals. And many of the procedures get … Continue reading
How to Cope With Problem of Medical Identity Theft?
Medical Identity Theft is known as criminal activity as operated by individual or group of Individuals of stealing someone’s identity in order to get medical supplies or services. This type of theft is, generally, committed by two group of people, one, who is either known to you, or the other one that is inside the … Continue reading
A New Health IT Bill On the Floor for U.S. House of Representative’s Preview
In order to speed up the collection of nationwide electronic health record infrastructure the U.S. House of representatives may have to go under consensus to pass a bill regarding this. However, some are oppose to this exercise giving inappropriate funding an excuse for postponing this bill. This legislation, if passed in its practical implementation will … Continue reading
Solution to Integrate Healthcare Industry Governance and Compliance
With the changing environment and priority in every industry, the governance and other rules of the game change as well. And change at the same time for a proper implementation is provided with integrated solutions and service providers from the area. One such solution service as provided by Unique Integrated is the basic platform for … Continue reading
SAS 70 Audits
SAS 70 Audits (Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70) is described as auditing statement regulated by Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) that is officially termed as “Reports on the Processing of Transactions by Service Organizations”. An auditor issues report after assessing internal controls of service organization on the … Continue reading
Document Shredding Business in Boom – Thanks to HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 may have restricted and devoid insurance and health sector of certain benefits because of certain prohibitions in its act related to identity theft but has benefited a US, Knoxville-based document shredding company that is looking in positive mood to ascertain margin able profit as a result of … Continue reading