Is CareCredit HIPAA compliant?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) became effective in April 2003 and protects private information that your patients share with you and any “Business Associate” of yours. You are not required to have a Business Associate contract with CareCredit because the patient financing program typically does not include the exchange of patient health related information. CareCredit does take steps to ensure that any information about your patients is protected and used only for the purposes of the CareCredit program.
