A patient portal provides an easy way for patients to access their primary care physicians for non-urgent care or follow-up treatment and assists providers in communicating with their patients.

Officials at the Office for Civil Rights have gone on record stating, “there are two types of medical practices out there – those who know they’ve been breached, and those who don’t know it yet."

Review your practice’s system for handling Protected Health Information (PHI) versus the best practices as outlined in HIPAA.

As a CAP member, you can take advantage of the myriad no-cost or discounted practice management programs that leverage the buying power of your nearly 12,000 member-strong cooperative. 

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a framework to aid in the protection of our most sensitive information.