Health Compliance Team Announces HIPAA Security Assessment Tool for Dental Practices
Summary: Health Compliance Team and PCIHIPAA announcde its
partnership to help dental practices meet the newly mandated annual HIPAA
security assessment requirement with their comprehensive online evaluation tool
to provide an overall assessment of risks and key vulnerabilities.
New York, NY — February
23, 2016 Industry leaders, Health Compliance Team®, and PCIHIPAA® today announced its partnership to help dental practices
meet the newly mandated annual HIPAA security assessment requirement, with their
complimentary online tool designed to assist practices in a matter of minutes,
with the information they need to evaluate their compliance risk, and avoid a
data breach. This tool provides practices with compliance guidance, a 22-page custom
report noting key vulnerabilities, an overall assessment of their level of risk,
and risk score.
HIPAA Section Code
164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) now mandates health care providers complete an
annual security risk assessment to reveal key
vulnerabilities and help prevent data breaches. Confusion over HIPAA
requirements and aggressive targeting of medical practices by cyber
criminals have increased incidences of data breaches and threats
to cyber security and heightened the concern surrounding the safety
of PHI (Protected Health Information).
“Our mission is to
simply help dental practices easily and affordably navigate HIPAA requirements
and provide solutions they need to protect themselves and their patients,"
said Dr. Donald Cohen CEO of Health Compliance Team. “ The risk
assessment tool by PCIHIPAA is designed to help medical and dental practices
complete HIPAA’s risk assessment requirement and also help uncover key
vulnerabilities to address. It’s the right first step for every
medical or dental practice to take the mandatory risk assessment.”
“As cyber security
threats remain a paramount concern among many Americans, HIPAA compliance enforcement
will likely increase,” said Jeff Broudy CEO of PCIHIPAA. “In fact, The
Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights has announced
they are resuming the random HIPAA audit
program. At PCIHIPAA, we are passionate about helping medical and dental
practices quickly and easily navigate HIPAA requirements, and
delivering solutions to protect patient health information. We are
excited to partner with Dr. Cohen and the Health Compliance
Team.
To access the
evaluation tool, and receive your customized assessment visit: My HIPAA Assessment
About Health Compliance Team: Health
Compliance Team (HCT) is the leading provider in dental practice compliance. HCT
helps practices understand and navigate compliance issues related to their
practice by delivering real-time consulting on a variety of services to help
practices reach full compliance in all mandated areas. For more information
visit HCT http://www.healthcomplianceteam.com/
About PCIHIPAA: PCIHIPAA is
an industry leader in medical and dental compliance by providing turnkey,
customizable solutions for its clients. PCIHIPAA minimizes the complexities of
navigating financial and legal compliance to ensure that medical and dental
practices are compliant, trained and prepared. Learn more at http://pcihipaa.com/
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