HIPAA Compliance

Business Associate
Requirements

The American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) requires that:

HIPAA security provisions now apply directly to business associates to the same extent that such provisions apply to covered entities.
Business associates receive civil and criminal penalties for violations of HIPAA.

Oncore can review your current Business Associate Agreements and their processes to ensure that your patient health information isn’t exposed to risk.

HIPAA Breach

Under ARRA more stringent security breach notification requirements have been established. Covered entities:

Must provide notification to any person whose unsecured protected health information has been compromised.
Now face significantly increased civil monetary penalties for violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule or Security Rule

Oncore can ensure that your protected health information is encrypted throughout its entire lifecycle thereby mitigating these risks.

Patient Health Information disclosure

Now under ARRA, the Covered Entity must:

Abide by all requests for non-disclosure, even for treatment, payment or operations, when the services have been paid in full solely by the participant.
Provide access to an individuals PHI within 60 days of a request.

With our HIPAA compliance training, we can lead you through the maze of the new requirements.

Recent developments resulting from the HITECH Act has made significant changes to HIPAA compliance requirements. Oncore Associates provides your organization with consulting and technology services allowing you to achieve and maintain HIPAA compliance to address these changes.

Assessment and gap analysis
Business Associate readiness assessment
Implementation of Privacy and Security standards
Interim Privacy and Security officers
Training and awareness
Post-compliance assurance auditing

Oncore utilizes a step-by-step methodology to perform your organizations’ HIPAA compliance assessment and support you through all phases, delivering either specific services or our complete readiness suite.

Oncore provides initial training complete with a web-based Education & Awareness program. We can also establish ongoing training efforts for new employees and continued compliance. The basic compliance training offered by Oncore will be delivered onsite and we offer extensive additional training online. The employee can login at anytime at his/her convenience and take the self-paced courses.

The recent Economic Stimulus Act enacts more stringent requirements for business associates. A business associate is defined as any individual or organization that provides services to a covered entity. There are obvious business associates, such as medical billing, record storage organizations, attorneys, etc., but the not so obvious business associates include cleaning services and marketing consultants. Oncore will perform a Business Associates Assessment to determine if your business associates are compliant.

HIPAA compliance is a dynamic process requiring continuous review of staff, process, and technology. Our HIPAA compliance is a combination of business as well as technical solutions designed to work harmoniously to achieve and maintain your compliance.

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HIPAA Compliance

Business Associate Requirements

HIPAA Breach

Patient Health Information disclosure

Business Associate
Requirements