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HIPAA Compliance
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What is it? The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Ensures the privacy rights of patients
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ePHI Electronic protected health information – All health information covered under HIPAA Anything that is – Produced – Saved – Transferred – Received In electronic form
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What information is protected? Patient name Addresses Social Security Number Medical Record Number Email Addresses Photo Images
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Technical side of things Access Control Audit Controls Integrity Authentication Transmission Security Contingency Planning
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Access Control Unique user identification Emergency Access Procedure Automatic Logoff Encryption & Decryption
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Authentication Verify people trying to access ePHI
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Transmission Control Integrity Controls Encryption
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Audit Controls Logs of transactions & information changes
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Integrity ePHI is not changed or altered
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Contingency Planning Emergency Mode
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But how can I make it happen? Firewalls User Accounts Security Software Procedures
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Why go through the trouble?
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Non-Compliance Fines ViolationPer Violation Did Not Know$100-$50,000 Reasonable Cause$1,000-$50,000 Willful Neglect $10,000-$50,000
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History Enitity- CIGNET WellPoint Blue Cross Idaho State U Voilation- Database Error Unencrypted USB Stolen Unencrypted Drive Stolen Breach of unsecured data Fine $4,300,000 $1,700,000 $1,500,000 $400,000 Penalty for HIPAA Violation
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Questions? Keith Bell – 717-870-4042 – kbell@ghostechs.com Ned Einsig – 717-850-5672 – ned@ghostechs.com
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