HIPAA

Conducting business with integrity and in compliance with all applicable health information privacy is a key component of MBA’s business strategy. This includes laws including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and privacy standards established by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to protect an individual’s identifiable health information from unauthorized disclosure. The Final Privacy Rule requires covered entities that transmit any health information in electronic form to maintain the confidentiality of all individually identifiable health information.

Components of HIPAA Administration Simplification
The Administration Simplification Provisions of HIPAA require the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to disseminate regulations with respect to each of the following:

		Transaction and Code Set Standards
		Privacy Standards
		Security Standards
		Uniform Identifier Standards

Covered Entities
Each of these standards will apply to the following groups as Covered Entities:

		Most health plans
		Clearinghouses that translate transactions from non-standard format to standard format
		Security Standards
		All healthcare providers that electronically transmit any information with a covered transaction.

MBA's HIPAA Compliance Program
MBA is commitment to HIPAA compliance and preventing violations of the health information privacy laws, MBA  has HIPAA Compliance Program. The compliance program has the following components:

		MBA has appointed a Privacy Officer who will be responsible for implementing, monitoring and maintaining the HIPAA Compliance Program
		MBA has appointed a Security Officer and a HIPAA Steering Committee, along with a specialized team of professionals to assist the Privacy Officer in implementing the HIPAA Compliance Program
		MBA has developed a HIPAA awareness and education program to be instituted organization wide, with frequent updates of policies and procedures.
		MBA will monitor HIPAA compliance through the use of periodic audits as well as other methods of monitoring.
		MBA provides training to meet all organization needs from compliance to policy development.

HIPAA Websites
Please visit any of the websites listed below for useful information about HIPAA:

HIPAA Administration Simplification
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/

AHIMA American Health Information Management Association
http://library.ahima.org/bok/

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/

Health Care Compliance Association
http://www.hcca-info.org/

American Hospital Association
http://www.aha.org/

American Health Lawyers Association
http://www.healthlawyers.org/

International Association of Privacy Officers
http://www.privacyassociation.org/

Office for Civil Rights
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/