tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2022 Issue Q4
HIPAA Toolkit: Create an Incident Response Team With These Tips
Add incident response to your annual HIPAA risk assessment. Securing your patients’ protected health information (PHI) is critical from both a professional and financial standpoint. No matter whether you outsource IT security or handle it internally, you should have a plan in place on how to respond to data security problems, including a dedicated incident response team. Why? Under the HIPAA Security Rule, covered entities (CEs) and their business associates (BAs) are tasked with safeguarding ePHI, which “identifies individuals and includes information relating to an individual’s health, treatment, or payment information” and “is a valuable target...
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