Our All-Inclusive HIPAA Compliance Services for Dental Practices
According to the American Dental Association (ADA), if “a dental practice is a covered entity, the practice will need to take steps to comply, starting with the appointments of a HIPAA Privacy Official and a HIPAA Security Official. Other steps include, but are not limited to: reading and understanding all of the requirements, creating a HIPAA compliance team, delegating tasks, performing a risk assessment, devising policies and procedures, training workforce members, and maintaining compliance in an ongoing manner. Achieving and maintaining compliance is a significant, ongoing effort that requires time, people, and resources."
The ADA says “A dental practice becomes a covered entity by transmitting an electronic “covered transaction,” such as submitting an electronic claim to a dental plan. A dental practice is also a covered entity if someone else (like a clearinghouse) sends an electronic covered transaction on behalf of the dental practice. Dental practices that are covered entities may be referred to as “covered entity dental practices” or “covered dental practices.”
At Colington Consulting, we realize small dental practices may not have the resources available to meet all these requirements. We eliminate that burden for you and promptly put into place a comprehensive HIPAA compliance program.
We offer all-inclusive HIPAA compliance packages for dental practices of up to 10 workforce members starting at $1999. This includes conducting a required risk assessment, developing a HIPAA policy and procedures manual for your practice, providing required forms, reports and logs, and training your workforce. We also include consultation sessions for HIPAA compliance issues and questions.
Unlike other service providers that use web based programs and expect you to answer a series of self-audit questions you can hardly understand, we always conduct the assessment, value your input, and use a common sense approach to compliance.
With an increase in HIPAA enforcement expected and Phase 2 Audits about to begin that will now include dental practices, stop putting off this critical compliance requirement and let’s get started today. Call us at 800-733-6379 or drop us an email at info@colingtonsecurity.com for more information.