Tag: HIPAAwise
HME: Not so hip on HIPAA?
October 13, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ATLANTA - Industry consultants report a number of HIPAA-related audits making the rounds in the HME industry and the best they can tell, providers, for the most part, are not prepared for them.The key elements of HIPAA compliance revolve around three safeguards, says Wayne van Halem: administrative (do you have policies and procedures in place, and do you perform training and education); physical (where are you storing your physical records, and are they secure?); and technical (where are you storing...