Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA) is one of the most important health related legislations of
United States (US). HIPPA ensures health care coverage, privacy
protection, electronic information security, and fraud prevention
regarding health care related issues.
Although we have no dedicated laws like HIPPA in
India yet many outsourcing related services and assignments are still
sent to India. Outsourcing of healthcare services to India, such as
medical transcription, medical billing medical coding and
medico-legal services involves the transfer and maintenance of
important data are some of the areas that are managed by Indian
BPO/LPO/KPO
service providers of India.
However, HIPPA outsourcing services have also
brought many techno legal risks that BPO/LPO/KPO service providers
must take care of. Further, privacy, data security and cyber security
issues have also made the scenario complicated.
Perry4Law
firmly believes that these techno legal risks and compliances must be
taken seriously by all stakeholders. We also believe that Indian
government must pay more attention to areas like privacy, data
security, data protection, cyber security, etc.
HIPPA compliance in India cannot be achieved till
professionals are provided techno legal trainings regarding HIPPA.
Perry4Law
Techno Legal Base (PTLB) has been providing various techno
legal trainings in India and abroad that include HIPPA
trainings in India as well.
HIPPA compliance in India would also be required to
be ensured by pharmaceutical e-commerce providers of India. Besides
fulfilling the legal
requirements for starting e-commerce business in India,
medicines and drugs e-commerce providers of India must also comply
with the requirements pertaining to websites
opening in India. Cyber
law due diligence in India is also required to be
fulfilled by HIPAA stakeholders of India.
We hope all stakeholders would ensure HIPPA
compliances in India in true letter and spirit.
