HIPAA Health Check Overview

Why you might need a HIPAA Health Check

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) received a set of teeth last in year and the compliance deadline for many of the provisions was February 2010. The Health Information Technology portion of the mammoth American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (aka HITECH and ARRA respectively) added a number of new requirements, such as greater breach notification requirements, as well as stiffer penalties for non-compliance with HIPAA.  The bill also expanded the range of companies that are required to comply, for example Business Associates (BA) must now comply with the HIPAA security rule and HITECH’s security provisions.

Some organizations built a HIPAA compliance program ago but have allowed it to become inactive due to little or no Federal enforcement.  Other companies did nothing and hoped enforcement would never come.  Still others, for example Business Associates, now face greatly expanded compliance responsibilities. Then there is the often forgotten requirement to periodically perform a risk assessment to ensure compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule.  In all of these cases a HIPAA Health Check, a high level review of your compliance posture, can tell you if you have any gaps and how to resolve them.

Business Associates are now being asked by their customers to formally acknowledge that they are compliant with the new rules. Covered Entities (CE) should revisit their programs or contractual agreements to address these new requirements. Whether you are a CE or a BA, HIPAA Health Check is designed to provide business leaders with a quick “lay-of the land” overview of their compliance with old and new rules. Within a few weeks your company can have a clear understanding of where your organization stands and have a remediation plan to help you become compliant in as short of time as possible.

HIPAA Health Check is a proven methodology that provides a quick, concise view of your program.  Aeritae’s HIPAA Health Check will provide you with:

1)      A prioritized list of corrective actions

2)      Recommendations based the business’s risk tolerance

3)      A plan for remediating your gaps

HIPAA Health Check empowers business leaders to focus their attention on reasonable and appropriate solutions without breaking the bank in addition to providing a level of confidence that they have met their regulatory obligations.