HIPAA Entered into Federal Register:
Infotex, Inc., an Information Technology firm in Kokomo, Lafayette, and Wabash, has learned that the Health and Human Services Department’s final standards for protecting the security of health-care information within electronic transactions were entered into the Federal Register on February 20th.  It is the Final Security Ruling for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

“These standards require health-care organizations to develop, document, and implement the steps they take to secure health-care information,” says Matt Jonkman, CISSP of Infotex.  “The standards also establish baseline safeguards for health-care organizations.”  These organizations must deploy administrative measures such as security training and security assessments, physical security measures, and technological safeguards. 

Julie Tracy, an Information Architect at Infotex, explained, “The regulations extend beyond health-care providers to include insurance companies, dental practices, chiropractics, optometrists and any entity that stores protected health information in electronic format.” 

“The good news for health-care providers is that we already offer services to our clients that put them a step ahead of the regulations,” stated Tracy.  “Our Information Security Assessment and Gap Analysis defines where you are now in relation to where you need to be in order to comply with the new Security Ruling.”

Infotex now offers services to Kansas, Missouri, and Indiana clients.  “The nice thing about Information Security is that it really has no boundaries,” says Jonkman.  “We can conduct assessments for healthcare organizations throughout the world.”

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infotex 1250 South Creasy Lane, Lafayette, Indiana 47905
Telephone: (765) 448-6847 (866) 271-2831 E-mail: info@infotex.ws