HIPAA Compliance Solutions
Achieving comprehensive HIPAA compliance
The experts at Concord Compliance have the experience and knowledge to provide simple HIPAA compliance solutions.
Understanding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
The Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that applies stringent protocols around how patient medical information – also known as protected health information (PHI) – is stored, accessed, and transmitted.
HIPAA consists of four key components that make it important both for patients and any entity that maintains, accesses, or transmits PHI.
Key Components of HIPAA:
Privacy of Health Data
HIPAA requires that any individual who wishes to access, view, maintain, or transmit patient PHI first requires consent from the patient.
It’s often challenging for businesses to meet this HIPAA requirement as organizations grow and PHI is distributed between business units to meet business operations.
Security of Health Data
HIPAA requires that healthcare entities must follow specific security protocols and administrative procedures to ensure that any health data that is created, stored, maintained, or transmitted is kept secure at all times.
As organizations grow, different business units of geo-regions may employ different security measures to keep PHI safe, leading to an increased security risk.
Notification of Data Breaches
HIPAA requires healthcare organizations and any other entity maintaining patient PHI to notify patients when health data is compromised or stolen.
Often, businesses are unaware they’ve sustained a breach before it’s too late, making it challenging to notify patients of a data breach.
Copies of Medical Records
HIPAA requires healthcare organizations or any other entity holding healthcare information to be accessible to patients upon request.
Ineffective patient access portals and internal systems can lead to patients not receiving their medical records upon request.
How Concord Compliance Helps You Maintain HIPAA Compliance
Concord Compliance stands out as an industry leader in helping our clients maintain HIPAA compliance through a multifaceted, comprehensive HIPAA approach. We provide top-tier professional services, founded on deep experience and expertise, paired with our state-of-the-art compliance management software platform to deliver true HIPAA compliance solutions.
Comprehensive
It's our multifaceted approach that allows Concord Compliance to deliver such a comprehensive HIPAA compliance solution. We’ll work closely with your team to identify your unique PHI topology and deliver a comprehensive compliance initiative to maintain every key component of HIPAA compliance.
Tailored
We’re not a one-size-fits-all approach. With Concord Compliance you get a tailored compliance solution that closes HIPAA compliance gaps and ensures you are in full compliance in how you access, maintain, store, and transmit PHI.
Monitoring
Once we’ve delivered your compliance solutions, you’ll have access to sophisticated monitoring in our HIPAA compliance software platform that oversees compliance activities including inspections, verifications, validations, and attestations.