HIPAA Compliance Critical For Printing & Mailing Services

Posted on December 1, 2022 by mailomg in memo 621 // 0 Comments

From the Compliancy Group who presented at MAILCOM 2022:

Printing and mailing services are subject to the full extent of federal HIPAA regulation as Business Associates if they come into contact with Protected Health Information in any way. HIPAA regulation considers any organization that handles PHI to be a Business Associate and requires full compliance under the law. Thus, utilization of HIPAA compliant mailing and printing is critical to maintaining overall compliance … (click to read more)

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