Compliance

HIPAA Privacy and Security Program

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) Compliance Program is part of the Mount Sinai Medical Center's (MSMC) robust Compliance Department. As such it furthers MSMC's commitment to excellent patient care by striving to assure the privacy, security, accessibility and integrity of our patients', research subjects' and employees' protected health information (PHI).

The department oversees development of requisite privacy and security policies and associated forms, including a comprehensive Notice of Privacy Practices. It also investigates privacy and security complaints and breaches and provides regulatory guidance to hospital staff, full time faculty and voluntary medical staff regarding HIPAA- related issues. It develops and provides annual HIPAA refreshers and targeted training sessions as appropriate. It conducts both scheduled and ad hoc audits and a biannual security risk assessment to ensure that MSMC complies with federal, state and local regulations as well as with institutional regulations.