HIPAA Compliance Critical For Printing & Mailing Services

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)

NJ Attorney General Settles HIPAA Claims Against Printing Companies

In November of 2021, the New Jersey State Attorney General’s (AG) Office, Division of Consumer Affairs, settled 2 HIPAA claims, one HIPAA claim against Command Marketing Innovations (CMI), and another HIPAA claim against CMI’s business associate, Strategic Content Imaging, LLC (SCI). This $130,000 resolution settled each company’s potential HIPAA Security Rule and Privacy Rule violations … (click to read more)