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Healthcare Compliance

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) grew out of legislation to move toward universal healthcare coverage. Ease of portability over computer networks and the Internet could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability of patient records. Lawmakers added significant information security and privacy requirements to the HIPAA mandate, which requires covered entities and their business agents to comply with privacy, security and data exchange standards.

HIPAA compliance services are a natural extension of the TechGuard security philosophy. Upon closer examination, the HIPAA Security Standards are a very useful “what to do” guide to best practice security, not a strict “how to do it” document. We treat security as a process, not a product. Our consultants have refined our approach to security best practices by securing and protecting organizations in every type of industry with unparalleled service and cutting edge solutions. TechGuard’s HIPAA Security services will provide you guidance and direction for compliance with both process-related and technical components of the IT privacy and security requirements.

Our Compliance Plan consists of the following:

Target: Conduct initial interview to establish compliance benchmark.

• The knowledge base of your staff is key to determining the strengths, weaknesses, and potential threats to your environment.
• All of the pieces of your environment need to be discovered in order to determine how then relate to each other.
• Your required Risk Analyses will be prepared as thoroughly as possible by determining your assets and any vulnerabilities of your system.
• Your environment will be evaluated as it relates to the Standards and Industry Best Practice.

Assess: Conducta targeted network/policy assessment, identify opportunities and define specific projects.

• A GAP analysis will be prepared to summarize existing conditions in your environment, noting potential "red flags" and citing appropriate mitigation steps to bring you into compliance.
• A complete and consistent policy and procedure structure is one of the cornerstones to a successful security program. All policies and procedure pertaining to implementing and maintaining information security as well as disaster recovery and contingency planning will be examined.
• Change management and new policy development procedures will be examined for effectiveness in a fluid environment.
• Determinations of adherence to existing policies and procedures will be made.
• Security tools and procedures will be used to identify vulnerabilities and formulate recommendations.

Comply: Complete assessment activities and carry out high priority projects.

• The final published HIPAA Security Standards contain both required and addressable security elements. We will help you determine how to implement solutions for the required standards and how to determine if the addressable standards are applicable to your environment or are addressed by other means.
• The final published HIPAA Security Standards contain both required and addressable security elements. We will help you determine how to implement solutions for the required standards and how to determine if the addressable standards are applicable to your environment or are addressed by other means.
• As in many organizations, you may not have the additional staff needed to both maintain daily operations and make any required changes to bring your systems into compliance. We have skilled security engineers who can assist where needed to help bring you into compliance.
• Each required project for compliance will be scheduled and prioritized to help you use the resources allocated in the most efficient and effective manner.

Monitor: Monitor ongoing HIPAA compliance through periodic internal security/privacy assessments, employee training, and penetration testing.

• Security is not a “one-time-fix” procedure. Just as the hacker’s activities are ongoing, security is an ongoing, diligent process to maintain the advantage.
• As required by HIPAA Standards, compliance requires Risk Management, which is an ongoing security program to include awareness training, log monitoring, policy updates, system patching, anti-virus updates, penetration testing, and vulnerability testing. As proven leaders in cutting edge technologies, we are prepared to monitor as much of your environment as you require ensuring that you maintain regulatory compliance and system integrity

HIPAA - Smoke and Mirrors or Best Practice Security | View PDF

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