HIPAA-ready referrals
The HIPAA Security Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ electronic personal health information that is created, received, used, or maintained by a covered entity. The rule requires appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and security.
Dental Care Links was designed with those safeguards in mind:
- Unique user identification
- Automatic logoff
- Encryption and decryption
- Authentication controls
- Integrity controls
- Data backup and storage
- Password management
- Contingency plans
- Business associate agreements
By law, the HIPAA Privacy Rule applies only to covered entities—health plans, health care clearinghouses, and certain health care providers. Those organizations often rely on trusted business associates to perform parts of their operations. Dental Care Links will provide a signed Business Associate Agreement upon request so you can demonstrate compliance with disclosure requirements.
Need an agreement for your records? Contact us and we’ll send one right away.