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Take These 6 Steps To Shore Up Your HIPAA Compliance

Published on Tue Aug 23, 2011

The majority of home care providers are out of compliance, experts believes. Smart home care providers will work to minimize their risk of HIPAA violations now, before investigators come knocking on the door. Here’s how: 1. Generate or tune up your HIPAA policies. “Have comprehensive HIPAA privacy and security policies which meet the HIPAAregulations’ requirements,” counsels attorney John Gilliland with The Gilliland Law Firm in Indianapolis. This may require some serious work on your part. Gilliland estimates that “the majority” of home care providers are out of compliance with HIPAA requirements simply because they don’t fully understand the regulation and its mandates. “It’s complex enough that it’s hard for small providers” to learn all the ins and outs of compliance, Gilliland tells Eli. 2. Implement the HIPAA policies. Your beautifully crafted HIPAA policies and procedures won’t do you any good if they gather dust. You need to put them into action, [...]
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