NEWSFLASH:
Your Malpractice insurance will NOT cover HIPAA violations!!!!

River Oaks Billing Service can supply your office with HIPAA approved forms and a Compliance Program just for your practice.  For more information, Contact Us. 
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Links:
http://www.hipaacomply.com/
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/

Do you have to be HIPAA compliant?

To put it simply, yes.  Definitely if you:

• Employ more than 10 FT employees, you are required to file Medicare electronically, therefore you are a Covered Entity.
  
• If you use a Billing Company to file your Claims
• If you sign a Business Associates Agreement with anyone
  
• If you are filing ANY claims electronically

If you are an office ran on paper under these conditions below you are NOT a Covered Entity, therefore you are not required to be HIPAA compliant.

1. Keep records in your office on paper. You must file paper claims.
   
2. Do NOT use a billing company, clearinghouse or other third party to conduct transactions such as submitting electronic claims for you
   
3. Do not volunteer to become HIPAA entity by function, contract or certification.
   
4. Refuse to sign any Business Associates Agreement
   
5. Do not put any patient or practice information on a computer, everything has to be on paper.
   
6. Do not fax any patient information from your computer
   
7. Do not reside in a state that mandates that all providers be HIPAA entities.