In today’s ever-changing, technology based healthcare world, data security are making known headlines. MedBill Compliance Group, Inc is committed in conducting business in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1969. It is intuitive for your practice to take and implement every measure to ensure that your practice is not the next practice to become a target of a breach.
MedBill Compliance Group, Inc. offers state of the art, cutting edge HIPAA security and privacy of your practiced valuable data. Our layers of security are an extension to your practice and our many offered service. Compliance and being in compliance is one of our most important service offerings. Healthcare data is highly vulnerable in today’s world. Forgetting the importance of risk management and data controls make your practice a stand-a-lone target.
The final Privacy Rule requires covered entities that transmit any health information in electronic form here under must summit to maintaining the confidentiality of individually identifiable information. We conduct comprehensive compliance reviews and audits in order to monitor and maintain an in compliance status pursuant to HIPAA rules and regulations.
Medical billing and coding specialist deal with an array of sensitive information on a daily basis. Medbill Compliance Group’s adherence to all mandated guidelines is paramount to our collaborative practice of success. As healthcare eligibility increases among the American populace, so too will be the number of healthcare claims need to be processed in a secure, professional process.
Being in compliance with HIPAA’s strict rules and guidelines that carry out all data and information pertinent to patients, up-to and including, email communications confirming a doctor’s appointment must be secured. For complex practice enterprises, our MedBill Compliance group specialist has developed an intuitive comprehensive modular: Be HIPAA Compliant–a toolbox tool for your practice’s implementation.
Our HIPAA Infrastructure:
Our HIPAA Initiatives
- HIPAA Compliance Program designed and driven by a cross-functional task force.
- Privacy officer designated for the commitment of policy implementation, Monitoring, and staff development
- Security officer designated for the commitment of policy implementation, security of systems and PHI.
Staff Education & Training
- Comprehensive completion of 1500 man-hours of awareness programs in of employee due diligence.
- On-going training and testing programs linked via HIPAA education resources
- HIPAA resource directory/data base for complete, comprehensive up-to-date news and events.
Privacy
- Every employee signs confidentiality agreement with severe penalties for HIPAA violations.
- Access to applications/databases defined on need to know and/or minimum necessary
- Implementation of HIPAA compliant procedures and Risk Management:
- Data processing.
- Fax and email communication
- Disclosure of Information to payer, patients, family members and others.
- Storage, retrieval and/or disposal of reports/data with PHI
- Security and Security Breach
- Restrictions of access: physical, network, and paper files.
- Firewall protection on internal network from the World Wide Web.
- Enterprise-wide multiple virus protection system.
- 128-bit SSL and data encryption on all web based applications.
- Digital certificate authentication for all servers.
- User unique login, power-on and screensaver passwords.
- Controlled media usage/movement through inventory logs and physical checks.
- User accounts for access point of shared resources: Fax, photocopiers and network,
- Random screening of emails and associated attachments with PHI
To begin assessing and responding to your practice most critical threats, contact MedBill Compliance Group, Inc – Your Pathway to Compliance.
