SAR Technology Group has been confirmed as having achieved HIPAA compliance after successfully completing Compliancy Group’s proprietary 6-Stage HIPAA Risk Analysis and remediation process.

The regulatory standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of healthcare data and protect the privacy of patients.

Vendors that serve healthcare clients must ensure they are fully compliant with HIPAA laws, but meeting all of the requirements of HIPAA can be a challenge. There is also no margin for error. Stiff fines can be imposed on business associates if they are found not to have complied with any aspect of HIPAA.

When SAR Technology Group moved into the healthcare sphere it soon became apparent that it was necessary to achieve HIPAA compliance internally. “Originally, we were planning to go through the process ourselves without external help. Soon it became evident this was not feasible as we lacked the expertise and knowledge to navigate the complex HIPAA laws,” explained SAR Technology Group. “After performing extensive research on companies providing HIPAA compliance services, and speaking to a few, we chose Compliancy Group as a partner. Their solution by far was the most comprehensive and easy to use and it was built with the end user in mind.”

Compliancy Group has developed a proprietary HIPAA compliance tracking solution called The Guard that partners can use to guide them through creating an effective HIPAA compliance program. The Guard simplifies the compliance process and ensures no aspect of HIPAA is missed. Compliancy Group’s compliance coaches are also available to help partners with their compliance efforts and answer any questions they have about any aspect of HIPAA law.

“[Compliancy Group] simplified the process and most importantly provided a solution to a problem we had in an affordable and truly achievable way,” explained SAR Technology Group. 

After implementing an effective compliance program, Compliancy Group’s compliance experts assessed SAR Technology Group’s good faith efforts to comply with HIPAA. After confirming all aspects of HIPAA laws had been satisfied, SAR Technology Group was awarded Compliancy Group’s ‘Seal of Compliance’.

The Seal of Compliance is helping SAR Technology Group to attract new customers and expand its offerings to healthcare organizations. “We have combined the services Compliancy Group offers with a full and comprehensive suite of IT services which meet and exceed HIPAA requirements, extending Compliancy Group’s offer of Compliance-as-a-Service to add IT-as-a-service.”

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Center for Counseling & Family Relationships (CCFAM), a large group counseling private practice based in Fort Worth, TX, has announced the company has demonstrated compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules after completing Compliancy Group’s 6-Stage HIPAA risk analysis and remediation process.

Using Compliancy Group’s proprietary HIPAA compliance tracking solution, The Guard, and assisted by its compliance coaches, CCFAM has demonstrated its policies and procedures are in line with HIPAA and the company has implemented an effective HIPAA compliance program.

CCFAM was founded in 2007 with just one counselor and office staff member and has now grown into a large practice offering more than 1,000 sessions a month. Privacy and confidentiality are critical to CCFAM and the children, teenagers, and adults the company serves.

CCFAM already complies with Texas licensure board rules and every effort was made to comply with HIPAA, but CCFAM owner, Dr. Rhonda Johnson, recognized the fact that staff HIPAA training had not changed much in the past 5 years, even though the company had grown considerably over the years and was now a large group private practice of administrative staff and counselors with many specialties.

“Along with being the owner of Center for Counseling & Family Relationships, I am also the owner of CCFAM Training, which provides CEUs for mental health professionals. I recognized the need in my field for a Telehealth, HIPAA, and PCI Compliance continuing education training,” explained Dr. Johnson. “As I began to develop and prepare the training, I was introduced to a Compliancy Group video that I used during the CEU training I provided. I reached out to Compliancy Group to find out what made them unique and different than the service I had been using.”

What CCFAM needed was a service that would help the practice ensure continued compliance with HIPAA Rules and would provide a more intensive, hands on approach to that would ensure continued compliance.

“What made the decision for me was hearing the heart behind how Compliancy Group began, their desire to provide effective training for small business practices like mine, their step by step process, and coaching throughout the process to earn our HIPAA Compliance Seal with Compliancy Group,” said Dr. Johnson. “I can without hesitation state that the process was more thorough and in depth across every aspect of HIPAA than any other HIPAA assistance service on the market.”

Successful completion of the 6-stage HIPAA Risk Analysis and remediation process has seen CCFAM awarded Compliancy’ Group’s HIPAA Seal of Compliance. The HIPAA Seal of Compliance demonstrates CCFAM’s good faith effort toward HIPAA compliance and that the company has implemented an effective HIPAA compliance program.

The Seal of Compliance demonstrates to current and future clients that CCFAM is committed to ensuring patient privacy and that the company has implemented appropriate safeguards to keep patient information protected.

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