J5000 is HIPAA compliant and uses advanced technologies to protect you and your clients’ accounts, personal information and privacy. Through data encryption, individualized passwords, security questions, timed log-off, firewalls, constant surveillance and additional security measures like – lock down mode – it is virtually impossible for hackers or intruders to gain access. So your information arrives and lives at J5000 uncompromised.

The Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, Title II) required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish national standards for the security of electronic health care information. The final rule specifies a series of administrative, technical, and physical security procedures for covered entities to use to assure the confidentiality of electronic protected health information.

Recently, included as part of the federal stimulus bill known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA”) is Title XIII, the "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act” or the "HITECH Act.” The HITECH Act contains a sweeping expansion of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. The HITECH Act affects business associates entities that use or have access to PHI when providing services on behalf of health plans, health care providers, and health care clearinghouses, defined as "covered entities” under HIPAA.

In addition, J5000 is committed to complying with the applicable requirements of the Red Flag Rules issued pursuant to the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 (Red Flag Rules), and has undertaken measures to identify, detect and prevent "red flags" in its business activities that could lead to identity theft.

J5000 is committed to compliance in all aspects of its business, and to that end we work diligently to prepare for all applicable requirements of HIPAA, the HITECH Act and the Red Flag Rules. To this end, J5000 has implemented standards and safeguards which meet or exceed all applicable HIPAA, HITECH and RED Flag Rules requirements and we will insist that all Therapists are compliant. This commitment ensures patient privacy and provides our healthcare provider clients with the confidence that their association with J5000 is HIPPA compliant.

The complete HIPAA Law and HITECH Act, including the "Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information" and additional information can be found at the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ website: www.hhs.gov. Information regarding the Red Flag Rules and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 can be found at the United States Federal Trade Commission’s website: www.ftc.gov.