HIPAA

When HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) made its debut back in 1996, it historically changed the healthcare industry forever. Hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers had to dramatically change the way in which they used patient health information to ensure its privacy and security. More recently, additional regulatory mandates have reinforced and expanded the HIPAA requirements. The HITECH Act of 2009 strengthened the regulations for the protection of electronic health information and substantially increases penalties for privacy and security non-compliance. Finalized in 2010 the Meaningful Use Rule incorporates evaluation of security risks as one of its core measures. FluidEdge can provide the guidance and services you need to ensure your HIPAA protocols are state-of-the-art.

How FluidEdge can help your organization meet the updated HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations

Our Healthcare consultants have extensive experience in assisting providers to strategically plan and implement the organizational changes needed for compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security regulations. FluidEdge can guide your organization to integrate the updated regulations through:

• Organization-wide HIPAA Privacy and Security Assessment and Gap Analysis to identify your specific needs.
• Prepare detailed strategic plans to address identified deficiencies relative to the newly revised regulations.
• Develop or revise formal policies and procedures that guide organizational processes to protect electronic health information.
• Conduct a Security Risk Analysis to satisfy Meaningful Use criteria.
• Create corrective action plans to address identified deficiencies related to privacy and security.
• Design a comprehensive audit system of the access and use of protected health information within your organization.
• Define a sound sanction policy to apply real and potential risks for incidents where the privacy and/or security of a patient’s health information is breached.
• Develop and deliver training programs to ensure that your entire staff is aware of the very serious nature of violating the HIPAA privacy and security regulations.
• Conduct an analysis of your arrangements with business partners and contractors to validate appropriate Business Associate Agreements, as required by HIPAA, are in place.

These are just a few of the many services and deliverables that FluidEdge can provide to you through a HIPAA consulting engagement. Contact us to learn more about how FluidEdge will ensure your organization can be compliant with HIPAA Privacy and Security.