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What is HIPAA Compliance? Typically the question following “What is HIPAA compliance?” is “What are the HIPAA compliance requirements ?” That question is not so easy to answer as – in places – the requirements of HIPAA are intentionally vague. This is so HIPAA can be applied equally to every different type of Covered Entity or Business Associate that comes into contact with Protected Health Information (PHI) What is a Covered Entity? A covered entity is a health care provider, a health plan or a health care clearing house who, in its normal activities, creates, maintains or transmits PHI. There are exceptions. Most health care providers employed by a hospital are not covered entities. The hospital is the covered entity and responsible for implementing and enforcing HIPAA complaint policies. What is a Business Associate? A “business associate” is a person or business that provides a service to – or performs a certain function or activity for – a covered entity w...

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HIPPA establishes civil and criminal penalties for covered entities that misuse Personal Health Information (PHI). Civil Penalties – fines of up to $100 for each violation of a requirement per individual to a maximum of $25,000 for violations of any single requirement in a calendar year; Criminal Penalties for "Wrongful Disclosure:" a) Knowingly releasing patient information can result in a one year jail sentence and a $50,000.00 fine; b) Gaining access to health information under false pretenses can result in a five year jail sentence and a $100,000.00 fine; c) Releasing patient information with harmful intent or selling the information can lead to a 10 year jail sentence and a $250,000.00 fine. PHI may be used/disclosed without authorization but with patient agreement: To maintain a facility's patient directory; To inform family member or other identified person involved in patient's care or n...

The HIPAA conduit exception rule is only applicable to providers of purely conduit services who do not have access to protected health information (PHI) other than infrequently or randomly. For this reason, conduit providers do not have to sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA). But what exactly is a conduit service, and when does the HIPAA conduit exception rule apply? Who is considered to be a conduit? Any entities that simply transport or transmit PHI such as the United States Postal Service and couriers, (as they do not have routine access to PHI other than infrequently or randomly, and disclosure of the PHI to such entity is not intended) are considered to be a conduit. When it comes to electronic protected health information (ePHI), it can be difficult for healthcare organizations to differentiate between which providers are conduits, and which are not. Occasional, random access by a data transmission entity does not necessarily make the entity a HIPAA busine...

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The HIPAA Privacy Rule was issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to restrict the use and disclosure of personally identifiable information that pertains to a patient or consumer of healthcare services. This information is called protected health information (PHI). The rule was created to protect patients’ privacy. Under HIPAA, a covered entity (CE) must make practical efforts to use, disclose and request only the minimum necessary amount of PHI required for any particular task. The Privacy Rule also gives patients rights over their health information and the right to access their own medical records. It gives patients more control over their health information. It sets boundaries on the use and release of health records. It establishes appropriate safeguards that health care providers and others must achieve to protect the privacy of health information. It holds violators accountable, with civil and criminal penalties t...