Three Things to Know About HIPAA Compliance

According to HHS, approximately 70% of organizations are not HIPAA compliant. HIPAA mandates industry-wide standards for healthcare information and electronic billing and requires protection as well as confidential handling of protected health information.

According to HIPAA rules, any company that deals with protected information must have a physical network and process security measures that are followed to ensure compliance. It may be safe to say that many organizations are still perplexed about HIPAA audits, enforcements, and compliance. As a result, the number of organizations that fail to meet compliance each year remain the majority.

To begin understanding compliance, healthcare organizations would be wise to consider three key recommendations.