HIPAA

Protecting the privacy of your patient information is a top priority. We have taken all possible measures to secure your patient information while still providing you with the archives you need. We have security measures in place to protect against alteration and/or access of the patient information we store.

We provide the most secure method of file transfer available for our MTs and our clients. We also provide a safe and effective method for transfer of all voice files. We keep up to date on the HIPAA guidelines. 

HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for implementing various unrelated provisions of HIPAA, therefore HIPAA may mean different things to different people.   

Our HIPPA Preparedness Statement: 

TNI understands the changes that the HIPAA regulations present to the healthcare industry. TNI is committed to assisting clients achieving HIPAA compliance within the timelines established by the regulations. 

TNI stays current with HIPAA guidelines. We make every reasonable effort to be knowledgeable and responsive to HIPAA regulations and to act as our client’s partner in this endeavor.  We employ our own HIPAA standards while incorporating yours in the process.  Protecting the confidentiality of patient information is what HIPAA is based on. Healthcare systems, to include patient provider setting, billing, file rooms, transcription, etc., must have working systems in place to effectively keep up with these new and changing regulations.

Important Notes:

• Emailing medical records is not safe!
• Using simple passwords on compressed files is not encryption!
• Faxing of medical records without blackout of names and copied first is not confidential!
• Delivery of medical records in see-through material is not confidential!
• Transfer of voice files or medical records through FTP without encryption is not safe nor is it protected!
• Faxing of patient schedules or patient information sheets to fax numbers is not safe.
 

TNI is dedicated to providing our clients with access to medical records though safe means ensuring the security of the patient information in the process.