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Protecting individual health information can be a time-consuming task,and ensuring your organization is in compliance with the standards setup by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996(HIPAA) can make it overwhelming.

Failure to adequately protect patient information could lead to financial losses as well as significant goodwill losses within patient and industry communities. Any health care provider, health care clearinghouse, or health plan that electronically maintains or transmits an individual’s health information must adhere to HIPAA’s Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. Further, any of those health care entities that employ electronic signatures in transactions covered by HIPAA must comply or face thousands of dollars in fines.

How we can help

Our information security consultants, many of whom hold professional certifications, have extensive experience delivering data security solutions to a variety of health care entities. We help you reach compliance by providing solutions that:

• Reduce risk of potential exposure to unauthorized information disclosure
• Verify the integrity and reliability of data and transactions processing
• Aid in formulating, creating and enhancing policies and procedures
• Identify cost-effective information control improvements, reducing potential risk and exposure
• Help you minimize disruption of critical functions and assure data security during operations recovery in the event of a crisis
• Minimize economic loss and legal liability

We tailor the following services to meet your HIPAA compliance needs:

• Information risk assessment
• Development and implementation of security governance and risk management
• Security compliance assessment
• Physical security assessment
• Information system controls reviews
• Evaluation testing (internal or external network testing)
• Security policy review and/or development
• Business continuity planning
• Disaster recovery
• Security training and awareness programs

Why RSM McGladrey
At RSM McGladrey, we understand you face unique challenges in complying with HIPAA standards. With this in mind, we offer a customized, flexible approach that’s based on an objective assessment of your needs.

Our risk-based services are designed to provide our clients with exceptional value and often yield opportunities to identify and mitigate threats to your business goals.