What is HIPAA and How does CMIB Comply?
"The privacy provisions of the federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), apply to health information created or maintained by health care providers who engage in certain electronic transactions, health plans, and health care clearinghouses."
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued the regulation, "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information," applicable to entities covered by HIPAA. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is the Departmental component responsible for implementing and enforcing the privacy regulation.
Our Responsibility
At Chickadee Medical Insurance Billing (CMIB), we are keenly aware of the challenges that HIPAA brings, not only to the software industry, but to our offices as well. That is why we at CMIB have dedicated ourselves to providing our office with the tools, and procedures necessary to be a completely HIPAA compliant office. Our Billers are certified annually with HIPAA. We are strongly committed to developing present and future solutions to maintaining HIPAA standards.
Security Compliant with HIPAA Software and office mandate
We use Synergy Medical Billing Software that is the most used billing software in the medical billing industry. They are constantly monitoring and updating the software to be sure that it is current with all new HIPAA regulations.
- All computers are password protected
- Files are stored in a locked secure room
- We de-identify
- Preventive and protection virus software
- Computer Firewalls
- Daily backups
- UPS
- PC high end security and privacy
- Compliance Rules on code of ethics implemented and followed
- Employee confidentiality agreements enforced HIPAA compliant with Privacy Rule
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