2.) Business Associates, Vendor Contracts & compliance with HIPAA. Have you assessed your vendor or contractor’s HIPAA security? The regulations require you to do due diligence on your business associates. Have you checked out their HIPAA compliance? Changes made with the HIPAA Omnibus bill makes you responsible for any breaches your Business Associates may have. Checking their compliance is prudent.
1.) Review your security and privacy risk management plan, and revisiting your remediation plan. Evaluate how well your firm did last year; Did you have any breaches or near breaches? Have you updated your HIPAA policies & procedures to reflect any needed operational changes to protect your patient PHI? Have you updated your security, privacy risk assessment & remediation plan?
We are pleased to announce Carosh Compliance Solution’s President and CEO Roger Shindell, M.S., CHPS, CISA, has been elected as a board member of the Indiana Chapter of HIMSS. As a member of the Board of Directors, Shindell will hold the position of “Member at Large” for the term of July of 2017 until June 2020. During this time Shindell will serve to assist in the continued success of this acclaimed chapter.