Managed Healthcare Executive August 23, 2020
Now is the time for compliance officers to get a better grasp on compliance and continuity across the organization.
It’s been 24 years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law. Designed to protect the privacy, security and integrity of protected health information (PHI), the law has been notoriously difficult to comply with and requires organizations to have specific measures in place to safeguard this information. Combine these challenges with a global pandemic, and compliance officers across the globe are stretched thin as they work to ensure their organization is fully compliant.
Dramatic shifts in virtual work and a rise in telehealth appointments seemingly happened overnight, leaving many health care providers and related...