Maintaining HIPAA compliance requires more than a written policy manual. Chiropractic offices must actively train staff, assign oversight responsibilities, and document compliance efforts throughout the practice. As part of the Illinois Chiropractic Society’s monthly effort to help reduce compliance risk and protect chiropractic offices, ICS highlights key requirements that are tracked in Statusfi, the free compliance dashboard for ICS members at https://my.statusfidashboard.com. This month’s focus includes practical HIPAA requirements, such as appointing a HIPAA Compliance Officer, maintaining employee training logs, and implementing written sanction policies.
HIPAA requires healthcare practices to establish administrative safeguards that support the privacy and security of patient information. These safeguards include officially assigning responsibility (even if to yourself) for HIPAA oversight, training employees on privacy and security expectations, and documenting compliance activities.
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