Survey shows compliance efforts still lagging
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, August 8, 2005
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Even though the security rule's compliance date passed several months ago, more than half of providers are behind in their compliance efforts, according to a recent survey sponsored by the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and Phoenix Health Systems. According to results from the Summer 2005 U.S. Healthcare Industry HIPAA Compliance Survey, only 43% of providers are currently compliant with the security regulations, compared to 74% of payers.
Phoenix Health Systems and HIMSS conducted the survey in June and had 383 providers and payers participate. Eighty percent of respondents were providers.
Other results include the following:
- 78% of providers and 90% of payers reported that they are currently compliant with the privacy rule
- 59% of providers and 45% of payers reported their organizations had experienced one or more privacy breaches from January to June 2005
- Nearly 40% of providers and 32% of payers indicated that their organizations had experienced data security breaches between January and June 2005
- 80% of providers and payers indicated compliance with HIPAA's transactions and code sets rule
Click here to access a PDF of the entire survey report.
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