How is inteligenz staying HIPAA Compliant?
Improving healthcare delivery through standardizing electronic data interchange, while at the same time, protecting the confidentiality and security of health information is top priority when offering our services to our customers. In response, to the U.S. Government introducing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The “Administrative Simplification” aspect of HIPAA requires the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to develop standards and requirements for the maintenance and transmission of sensitive health information. As a result, the regulations promulgated by DHHS are far-reaching. Inteligenz maintains these standards and follows a strict checklist of items when going into data exchange programs with our customers. Inteligenz believes that protecting the confidentiality and privacy of individually identifiable health information is of paramount importance and we fully support the regulations being mandated by DHS. Intelig