Using eClinicalWorks® Billing Service for Compliance and Security
If you’ve outsourced with any billing service companies in recent years, you’ve probably questioned their attention to security and government compliance. While most quality billing services provide these, how do you really know if not carefully reading your contract?
At stake is being HIPAA compliant, something you absolutely need to adhere to or face crippling violation fines. So how do you know if your billing service is really sticking to HIPAA principles? Also, how secure are their systems when dealing with private patient data?
Finding a Billing Service That Takes HIPAA Seriously
Before you hire any billing service, ask them directly what they do to ensure they stay HIPAA compliant. Here at EMR Billing Solutions, we not only offer expertise in eClinicalWorks® software, we also use technology aligning with HIPAA guidelines.
What’s equally important is to ask about whether your billing service has a HIPAA officer available to ensure compliance across all departments. This is something we offer, and it’s not as common as you might think.
With this service, you’re getting more assurance the billing data you’re passing on to us stays safe.
Using Secure Tools and Technology
It always pays to ask as many questions as possible to your billing service provider. Don’t forget to ask about what security tools they use to live up to HIPAA standards. Do they have the latest technologies and safeguards to prevent hacks, or even employees stealing personal data?
How up-to-date is the security technology they’re using? If they’re still relying on paper-based systems or older operating systems, it’s a good bet they’re more than a decade behind the times.
Along with our medical billing knowledge, we assure state-of-the-art technologies to live up to our HIPAA compliance promises. All of our staff are HIPAA certified.
Signing a Third-Party Agreement
Any billing service you use should have a third-party agreement about HIPAA as a solid promise toward security. We offer a similar agreement as a promise we live up to protocol.
You obviously don’t have time to second-guess any billing service you use. Through a HIPAA agreement, you can transfer all your patient billing records to us in confidence. As a result, you’ll maintain loyal patients who know you’re doing everything possible to secure their health data.
Visit us at EMR Billing Solutions to learn more about HIPAA compliance and our eClinicalWorks® expertise.