Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1996 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to help with the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and for other purposes.
Privacy is our Policy,
What does HIPAA mean?
HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law in the United States that safeguards the privacy and security of individuals' health information.
HIPAA
Defines the partnership between a covered entity and a business associate in order to maintain a stronghold on the protection of patients’ sensitive health information. We are proud to serve as a HIPAA-compliant business associate to suit your business’ health data handling.
A Covered Entity can be one of the following:
Health Care Providers |
Health Care Plans |
Health Care Clearinghouses |
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Includes providers such as:
...if any information in an electronic form in connection with a transaction for which HHS has adopted a standard is transmitted, they must be HIPAA compliant. |
Not limited to:
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Third-party entities process nonstandard health information into a standard electronic format from another entity. It can also function the other way around. |
HIPAA & Transfer Express International
All of our team members must complete annual HIPAA training, and we have additional security protocols that we follow on-site to fully protect your information.
Our training covers the primary 5 primary rules of maintaining HIPAA compliance:
(1) Privacy Rule
(2) Transactions and Code Sets Rule
(3) Security Rule
(4) Unique Identifiers Rule
(5) Enforcement Rule
We are equipped with safe and secure internet connections and cloud servicing. We can help in the anonymizing of information on your behalf and supervisors conduct daily checks to ensure all information is stored, transferred, and removed where appropriate.
New and existing clients may opt into our HIPAA-compliant service. After you’ve requested our HIPAA-compliant services, we’ll send you a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) to sign and keep for your records.
