HIPAA & HITECH Readiness Assessments for Covered Entities and Business Associates
Industry Leading HIPAA & HITECH Consultants
Additionally, Centris’ extensive line of healthcare compliance services includes HIPAA gap assessments for Covered Entities and Business Associates. While introduced in the 1990’s and signed into law by then President Bill Clinton, HIPAA is still regarded as the most well-known and accepted healthcare security and privacy framework in North America. As a business, if you’ve been identified as a Covered Entity or Business Associate, becoming compliant with HIPAA is a strict requirement.
HIPAA & HITECH Gap Assessments
The HIPAA framework in terms of the Security Rule and Privacy Rule are large indeed, requiring organizations to take the time in planning and understanding the scope of such a framework. With numerous policy areas in scope for HIPAA compliance (and more, due to HITECH requirements), you need a proven, trusted provider for helping understand scope, technical and operational controls, and more. Centris is that trusted provider offering comprehensive HIPAA gap assessments.
HIPAA Compliance | A Strict Requirement
Being "compliant" with HIPAA is a broad statement indeed, due in large part to the depth of the HIPAA legislation itself. While Title I and Title II of HIPAA contain numerous, far-reaching provisions for many organizations in the health and benefits arena, great emphasis has been placed on the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule regarding regulatory compliance due to their applicability to many entities.
Additionally, supporting legislation from subtitle D of The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health ACT of 2009 (HITECH) strengthens the civil and criminal enforcements of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. Additionally, it must be noted that for both the Privacy Rule and Security Rule, along with the mandates within subtitle D of HITECH, organizations are identified as either a "covered entity" or a "business associate".
With Centris, we offer industry leading healthcare solutions, from strategy & roadmap consulting to policy writing, gap assessments, and along with HIPAA & HITECH assessments. We also offer our industry leading cybersecurity and compliance services that include NIST 800-171, CMMC, ITAR/EAR, DoD CC SRG, FISMA, and FedRAMP.
