Compliance with HIPAA regulations is a very complicated process with multiple components.  The security standards HIPAA mandates are not product-specific. Security consists of more than just firewalls - organizations must ensure the confidentiality and integrity of their health records, and transmission of data must be authenticated and have the property of non-repudiation. 

Under the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act, every health care plan and all health care providers must submit information on their compliance activities, including budget, assessment of compliance concerns, whether a contractor or vendor might be used to help achieve compliance, and a schedule for testing to begin no later than April 16, 2003.  Please keep in mind that these testing may take approximately 2 to 3 months.  So do try to plan ahead.  The requirement dates keep changing.  Please refer to http://www.hipaa.com for the latest information.

We have categorized this section to help your practices understand some of the HIPAA requirements: 

HIPAA Statement for Medisoft

HIPAA Direct

Medisoft Medical Billing Software HIPAA Compliance 

Microsoft Software HIPAA Compliance

ProxyMed HIPAA compliance  - Health Care Clearinghouse for Medisoft

Other HIPAA related Sites:

http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp

http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/nprm/seclist.htm