Healthcare IT security is increasingly important—and difficult.

HIPAA compliance, patient privacy and health data security are just a few of the mounting issues that require the attention—and expertise—of experienced payer IT security consultants and staff.

Health data breaches themselves are enough of a concern to warrant effective IT security staffing and strategy. Seeking to rebuild their member's confidence and to preserve the public's trust, some of the nation's largest health plans have incurred significant expenses for reparations and remediation after sensitive information for tens of thousands of patients was compromised.

HCI's Payer Services division helps health plans protect their data and comply with regulations by providing IT security staffing and consulting specifically for healthcare payers.

• Use administrative, physical and technical safeguards to manage IT security risks.
• Develop and enforce policies required to comply with HIPAA standards and regulations concerning data protection, identity management and meaningful use provisions.
• Protect against threats by leveraging cutting-edge technology and subject-matter expertise.
• Deploy countermeasures to reduce the impact of security incidents and health data breaches
• Ensure that all staff members are trained on payer IT security requirements.

With quick access to the best health insurance technology professionals, HCI's Payer Services division can help you rapidly create or augment an IT security team. Experienced in working with leading health plans and healthcare payer consultants, we can quickly provide you the best qualified candidates available to choose from based on your organization and their experience. Our healthcare payer solutions include staff augmentation, permanent placement and IT security consulting services.

IT Security Staffing

Whether for staff augmentation or permanent placement, HCI's Payer Services division uses methodology honed as part of one of the nation's fastest growing healthcare companies to quickly fill IT security team roles like the following:

• Risk management advisor
• Security operations engineer
• Information security analyst
• Cyber security analyst
• Healthcare information technology internal auditor

Representative expertise for our healthcare payer consultants include:

• Health data encryption
  • In-transit data
  • Data at rest
• Healthcare information security metrics and reporting
• Network security in healthcare
• Security monitoring, event analysis and investigation,
• Healthcare IT Auditing
  • SOX audit
  • SOC1 audit
  • Meaningful Use audit

Adeptly fill your vital IT security staffing needs by drawing upon the combination of our large network of healthcare IT recruiters, our vast pool of well-qualified healthcare payer consultants and our advanced knowledge of the IT security needs of healthcare payers.

IT Security Consulting Services

HCI's Payer Services division can help you identify and prioritize your most pressing IT security needs by providing you with subject-matter experts experienced in helping healthcare payers protect their data and comply with regulations. Our healthcare payer consultants bring expertise in IT security issues like:

• Critical security controls
• HIPAA breach prevention best practices
• Securing PHI (protected health information)
• Health information exchange interoperability
• Internet of things security
• Mobile app security
• Incident response and management