The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 mandates significant changes in the legal and regulatory environments governing the provision of health benefits, the delivery and payment of healthcare services, and the security and confidentiality of individually identifiable, protected health information.

HIPAA makes it easier for individuals and small businesses to obtain and maintain health insurance. To reduce the ongoing cost of health expenses, HIPAA also includes an administrative simplification section to encourage electronic transactions. While encouraging electronic transactions, HIPAA also introduces a set of new regulations to assure security and privacy of electronically stored medical data. The regulations set the standards for electronic transactions, the privacy of medical records and security of personal health information.

The administrative simplification part of HIPAA is aimed at reducing administrative costs and burdens in the health care industry by adopting the use of standardized, electronic transmission of administrative and financial data.

HIPAA is expected to have a significant impact on the health care industry over the next several years.

HPS HIPAA Solutions

Our HIPAA compliant software and services are aimed at creating significant saving for our customers. HPS provides comprehensive administrative software that seamlessly interacts with HPS Clearinghouse services for EDI.

Our services include:

• Customized strategic planning and analysis tailored to individual needs and requirements

• Technical assessment, services and support for unique client system, software and equipment

• On-site training and experienced help-desk support for ongoing maintenance, updating and troubleshooting

• Complete Hardware and Network configuration services delivered by our hardware specialists

• Conversion of paper documents to electronic files. This is especially useful for conversion of HCFA-1500 paper claims to electronic HIPAA file formats and conversion of hand-written pension contribution cards to electronic files

HIPAA Consulting

HIPAA regulations require health care organizations to be more efficient and run their organizations more securely to enhance patient service and ensure privacy and security of personal health information. HPS provides consultative services to clients to assess needs to become compliant.