SOURCE: Xact Data Discovery
KANSAS CITY, MO–(Marketwire – August 18, 2010) – Xact Data Discovery (XDD) is excited to announce the completion of HIPAA certification in its national offices. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was enacted to ensure that individuals would be able to maintain their health insurance between jobs as well as to ensure the security and confidentiality of patient information/data.
Xact Data Discovery’s HIPAA certification process included development of new policies surrounding the handling of client information. As a Business Associate, XDD is compliant with the regulations in all areas of HIPAA and will conduct annual risk assessments as well as associate training to ensure that all electronic personal health information (EPHI) and personal health information (PHI) is protected. XDD’s Director of Human Resources, Katie Ervin will administer the program. Ervin has nearly 13 years experience working with HIPAA achieving certification as a Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP).
“While we have always protected all information we process for clients, this certification just takes it to a higher level,” said Robert Polus, President and CEO of XDD. “We take the extra steps above and beyond to be sure we are compliant. This allows us to work with those covered entities that must follow HIPAA such as hospitals, insurance carriers, and pharmacies to name a few.”
Xact Data Discovery is a national Data Discovery and Management company that provides streamlined Forensic, Electronic Discovery, Data Hosting, Data Management, Imaging/Coding and Paper Discovery Services to law firms, corporations and government agencies. At Xact Data Discovery, communication is everything — because clients need to know where their data is throughout the entire process, as well as understand the valuable information and knowledge they can attain from it.
Via a personable “human-interface” approach, Xact Data Discovery streamlines the complex communication process between people, technology and data by orchestrating proactive, clear, consistent and relentless communication throughout all project phases. Xact Data Discovery helps clients and their customers find, produce, use and understand information crucial to their organizations.