Automated Saas Based Solution To Attain Healthcare Compliance

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The United States government signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment

Act (ARRA) commonly referred to as the Stimulus or the Recovery Act on February 17 2009 to help the country recover from recession. With the ARRA act, the government dreamt of revamping the infrastructure and thereby making the country more self-sufficient so that the Americans can face any problems with their heads held high.

The basis for the ARRA act was the Keynesian macroeconomic theory, which stated that during recessions there would be considerable reduction in private spending. In such circumstances, the government should try to keep a balance by increasing public spending. Such a move helps to save more jobs thereby preventing further economic decline.

The purpose of ARRA act was to:

1. Save and create more jobs thereby facilitate economic revival
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2. Extend economic aid to those greatly affected by recession

3. Invest in sectors such as education, health, infrastructure and green energy that provide long term economic benefits

4. Encourage technological advancements in science and health and then provide investments to increase economic competence

With the introduction of ARRA act, two other federal laws known as the HIPAA HITECH acts also came into effect. These two acts were enacted to ensure healthcare compliance. With the incidence of healthcare fraud reaching alarming levels, government made the ARRA and the HIPPA HITECH acts binding on all medical practitioners, healthcare providers, and business associates.

The HIPAA/HITECH Act

The HIPAA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was enacted to protect the health insurance coverage for employees and workers when they change or lose their jobs and to check fraud and abuse within the healthcare system.

The HITECH or the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act was enacted to encourage the use of technology in the healthcare industry. With a great percentage of the healthcare providers such as doctors, Dentists, Chiropractors, Psychologists, Nurses and so on involved in healthcare fraud and since they handle Patient Health Information (PHI) more than anyone else does, government had no other choice but to enact tough laws to protect patient health records from falling into wrong hands.

With the enactment of these laws

1. Covered entities and business associates had to prove that they are using appropriate PHI-handling processes

2. Covered entities must possess written agreements and proof-of-compliance documentation from all Business Associates and subcontractors

3. Organizations need to implement appropriate safety measures to prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of sensitive patient data

Health providers can now relax as they can easily achieve HIPAA/HITECH compliance with the help of a unique inexpensive and automated SaaS based solution that not only helps in identifying the problem areas but also aids in fixing it, thereby ensuring complete data protection.

by: Gladeyas

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