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HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996, is revolutionizing
healthcare information management. Any organization that
electronically stores or transmits patient information
must take enterprise-wide steps to adhere to HIPAA's
sweeping privacy, security and transactions standards.
Essentially, HIPAA requires healthcare entities to
"re-architect" how they capture, store, and transmit
health data and to ensure that they protect personal
health information and the privacy rights of patients. |
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Is Ascent subject to HIPAA rules? |
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Under HIPAA
privacy rule, " Ascent " falls under the extension of
Business Associate . A Business Associate (BA) is any
person(s) or entity who perform a function or activity
on behalf of a Covered Entity (CE) and involves the use
or disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI).
Ascent considers the HIPAA regulations a call to
revolutionize its overall processes and aggressively
move towards a more secure deployment of electronically
transmitted healthcare information. By adopting a best
practices approach to privacy and security, we earn the
confidence of the clients. Confidence equates to
loyalty, and loyalty will help leverage our business to
obtain untapped, parallel business.
We at Ascent have always been highly conscious of
handling sensitive client and patient information with
the utmost confidentiality. HIPAA regulations are also
of great concern to Ascent and we take all patient
information matters seriously. We are committed to
delivering services and products that enable our clients
to meet the requirements of HIPAA. Our industry
knowledge and integrated internal business processes
position us to help our clients address the challenges
of HIPAA while meeting their long-term and financial
goals.
Ascent has decided to get certified as " HIPAA Compliant
(Privacy) Business Associate " from " HIPAA Conformance
Certification Organization " ( HCCO ,
www.hcco.us ) with
the help of " HIPAA Solutions RX "
( www.hipaarx.net ). |
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Hipaa Initiatives @ Ascent |
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Hipaa Compliance Measures |
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