HIPAA Compliance

To tackle security concerns in healthcare and electronic domains, the United States Congress enacted HIPAA, known as the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.” This legislation establishes standards that streamline electronic transactions and outline essential requirements for Network security. As Healthcare entities seek to harness the potential of the Internet, compliance with these regulations becomes crucial, necessitating the implementation of robust security measures to ensure both regulatory adherence and patients’ trust.

For healthcare providers, it's vital to adopt and maintain HIPAA compliance policies, conduct regular updates, and offer annual training to employees. In addition, creating informative forms for patients regarding office policies concerning their medical information is highly recommended. 

TKM Billing Solutions (TKM) can help by developing and implementing your HIPAA compliance program, training the staff, and monitoring compliance. We can start with a gap analysis and security risk analysis (SRA). These assessments help identify the current state of HIPAA compliance, the threats and risks to PHI, and the plan to mitigate them.