Client Wins From May 23
Billhighway Welcomes Friends of Birmingham Historical Museum & Park as New Client: Billhighway, foremost provider of cloud-based financial management solutions for nonprofits, is proud to welcome the Friends of the Birmingham Historical Museum & Park as a new client. The nonprofit organization, whose mission is to support the activities of the Birmingham Historical Museum & Park, will use Billhighway Give to collect credit card payments at onsite events. The museum is located at 556 W. Maple Road in Birmingham. The Friends of the BHM&P have already taken advantage of Give at their annual Festival Tables Luncheon to collect winning bids from their auction. Going forward, the group plans to use Give for event ticket sales, membership payments, gift shop sales and to process admissions on behalf of the Birmingham Historical Museum. Billhighway Give is a mobile fundraising and event system that enables nonprofits to collect contributions, accept ticket sales or auction bids in a fast and secure manner, all while on the go. Through the payment process, critical donor information is collected and can be imported into a donor management system for continued nurturing and relationship building. Give was created exclusively for nonprofit organizations to bring together data integration, branding, campaign tracking and motivational tools like no other mobile application on the market. More than 3,500 nonprofits trust Billhighway to seamlessly manage $7 billion in transactions. More at www.billhighway.co.
IPS Technology Services Wins HIPAA Risk Analysis Consulting Project for Optometry Practice: Troy-based IPS Technology Services was recently awarded a consulting project to perform a HIPAA risk analysis for a client. The client -- an optometry practice with three doctors -- has two locations in southeast Michigan. IPS will work with the office manager and the doctors to conduct a current situation analysis to make sure that the practice is not vulnerable to security threats. IPS will use its own tool and a structured approach to identify the Administrative, Physical, and Technical safeguards for the practice and assess the risk of a security breach. The practice will also receive a set of recommendations to tighten security gaps and become HIPAA compliant. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was enacted by Congress with two titles (or sections). The first title protects an individual's access to healthcare and portability of coverage when there is a pre-existing condition. The second title -- which is of utmost importance to the healthcare industry -- protects identifiable patient healthcare information by implementing safeguards to prevent healthcare fraud, providing for medical liability reform and providing administrative simplification to allow for compliance to these requirements. Under HIPAA, health care providers MUST provide adequate security protection for all patient electronic medical records (EMRs). Disseminating personal, identifiable healthcare information or failing to prevent the theft or use of such information can result in very hefty fines, paid to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Failure to comply with HIPAA regulations can cost a provider up to $1.5 million per calendar year in fines. In 2012, the most prevalent violation of HIPAA was the failure to protect private medical records from theft—an offense that the United States government treats as seriously as the willful dissemination of patient medical records. Violations of HIPPA can affect large entities such as hospitals, health insurance companies and pharmacies as well as smaller entities like medical and dental practices. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services identifies these violations through randomized audits and audits triggered by non-compliance events. As more patient records are being transferred to electronic media, electronic security and privacy is becoming very important to protect patients and reduce fraud. If not done correctly, healthcare providers put themselves and their practices at risk of fines, lawsuits, and in some cases, jail time for the involved parties. IPS Technology Services provides end-to-end IT services to the small and medium business marketplace. IPS develops custom applications using state of the art tools such as .Net, C#, VB, SaaS, SOA, Oracle, SQL Server, and/or by using third party software. For more information on IPS Technology Services, please call (248) 835-9895 or, click www.ipsts.com.
