Health Network: HIPAA Compliance (HR)

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Introduction: Risk is an occurrence that could have negative repercussion on organizations objectives. The principle of risk management plan is to build a structure with which the team can identify risks and develop a method to avoid or mitigate the risk. Risk management plan helps us to describe how to document and monitor the risks associated to the organization. The purpose of risk management plan is to defend Health Network’s customers, employees and operations from any unintended damage. It’s also designed to secure organizations payment and billing system and secure organizations information. As most of the company’s operations are web based, considering all the factors this risk management plan will provide a detailed framework in …show more content…

As Health Network deals with customers health information and medical records they must meet the HIPAA standards to protect Integrity and Confidentiality of the customer. HIPAA compliance would suggest the right technology that should be used and proper procedures to secure the customers information. Employees must be trained to work in compliance with the standards and meet organizational goals. Health care compliance is a continuous process of reaching or surpassing professional standards pertinent for our organization. The HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is responsible for enforcing whether an organization is following the standards or …show more content…

o Lead and supervise the organizations plans. o Determine the prominent risks faced by the company and to make sure the risks are handled and monitored. o Act as an intermediary between the board and management.

• Chief Operating Officer (COO): o Responsible for handling the tasks expected by CEO. o Responsible for monitoring daily operations of the organization. o Make sure all the necessary goals are met and monitors the organizations operations. o Accountable for effectiveness of the organization. Works with all the departments in developing strategies and procedures.

• Chief Financial Officer (CFO): o In charge of all accounting and financial operations. o Develop procedures and policies for constant stable financial structure of the organization. o Responsible for budgeting and expense control in organization and is responsible for deciding on budget that should be allocated for a department and monitoring the expense.

• Data Owners and Custodians: o Ensures the organizations compliance with regulatory standards related to information asset. o Data owner is responsible for controlling information asset database. o Data Custodians are responsible to assign and remove access to users, when guided by a Data

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