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Your practice is at risk of being hit by huge Federal fines unless you follow the stringent rules required to protect your patients’ private health information. The Federal government is cracking down on all medical and health related operations like yours, and issuing million dollar-plus fines for violations of the HIPAA Security Rule.

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The law requires that you bring in a professional to conduct an annual Risk Analysis to identify issues in your computer network – and your procedures – that could compromise the integrity of electronic patient health information (ePHI). The
law also requires you to retain a Management Plan and Evidence of Compliance to document the remediation of discovered issues in the event of an audit.

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Failure to perform a comprehensive, thorough Risk Analysis – and then to apply the results of that analysis -- is where organizations suffer most audit failures, according to Leon Rodriguez, the former Director responsible for enforcing HIPAA.

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You can’t do it yourself. Managing your HIPAA compliance and maintaining levels of security mandated by the federal government is a tedious, time-consuming effort, and one that requires specialized IT expertise. One wrong step could
mean expensive fines, increased insurance premiums, and damage to your reputation. Even if you have a plan in place today, maintaining compliance on an on-going basis is tricky business when it comes to technology related safeguards
mandated by HIPAA.