HIPAA, OIG Compliance, Safeguarding your practice!

What is HIPAA?

HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA is divided into the following titles:

Title I: Health Care Access, Portability and Accountability

Title II: Preventing Healthcare Fraud and Abuse; Administrative Simplification: Medical Liability Reform

Title III: Tax-Related Health Provisions

Title IV: Application and Enforcement of Group Health Plan Requirements.

Title V: Revenue Offset Provisions

Who is the OIG?

The OIG is the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. The OIG has set guidelines for third party billing services to follow, it is known as "Compliance Program Guidance for Third Party Medical Billing Companies".

HIPAA and your practice:

HIPAA does affect your practice and if you have not yet met the compliance guidelines set forth by HIPAA, we can help. Contact us for more information on the HIPAA toolkit we offer.

TBC, Inc., cultivates and encourages a "culture of compliance" in all aspects of our company operations. Our

Goal is to collect for our client everything that they are entitled to both legally and ethically.

TBC Inc., clients can be secure with the knowledge that we have a strict Code of Conduct, which follows the OIG Guidelines. TBC, Inc., has an extensive compliance manual, which is reviewed with each member of our company and is available for our clients to review at our main office.

Informative Links:

HIPAA & OIG

http://www.hipaa.org - Informative guidelines and links
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/ - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.oig.hhs.gov - Office of the Inspector General