HIPAA + HITECH — PHI handled, evidenced, defensible.
The HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, plus the HITECH amendments, govern how covered entities and business associates handle Protected Health Information (PHI). The 2024 HHS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Security Rule (NPRM) tightens the technical safeguards. TeamSync implements both established and proposed-tightened controls.
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What HIPAA + HITECH require.
Privacy Rule (45 CFR Part 164 Subpart E) — uses and disclosures of PHI; minimum-necessary; individual rights (access, amendment, accounting of disclosures, restriction).
Security Rule (45 CFR Part 164 Subpart C) — administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. Technical: access control, audit controls, integrity, person/entity authentication, transmission security.
Breach Notification Rule (45 CFR Part 164 Subpart D) — notification to individuals + HHS + media for breaches affecting 500+; risk-of-harm analysis.
HITECH — amendments increasing penalties, extending direct liability to business associates, requiring breach notification, encouraging meaningful EHR use.
2024 NPRM (proposed) — encryption mandate (no longer addressable), MFA mandate, vulnerability scanning + penetration testing cadence, network segmentation, anti-malware, asset inventory.
How TeamSync addresses HIPAA + HITECH.
1. PHI as a content classification with policy-driven controls.
PHI tagged at capture; minimum-necessary access enforced via RBAC + Backup; access logged for accounting-of-disclosures.
2. Technical safeguards implemented.
Access control (unique user identification, emergency access, automatic logoff); audit controls (per-event log + Merkle anchor); integrity (hash + version control); authentication (MFA-bound + IdP integration); transmission security (TLS 1.3 + at-rest encryption).
3. Breach analysis + notification workflow.
Suspected-breach intake → risk-of-harm analysis (4-factor) → notification packages (individual + HHS + media as required) → post-incident remediation tracked.
4. Per-data-subject crypto-shred for individual-rights workflows.
Right-to-restrict (164.522) and HITECH-extended individual access supported; right-to-erasure analogues at state level (e.g., CCPA) supported via Crypto-shred.
5. BAA-backed.
TeamSync executes Business Associate Agreements; subcontractor BAAs maintained; HIPAA-relevant SOC 2 Type II + HITRUST evidence provided.
6. 2024 NPRM-tightened controls available.
Encryption universal (not addressable); MFA enforced; vulnerability + pen-test cadence; network segmentation; asset inventory.
What customers see.
| Aspect | TeamSync coverage |
|---|---|
| Privacy Rule (uses + disclosures) | Policy-driven |
| Security Rule technical safeguards | Implemented + evidenced |
| Breach Notification Rule | Workflow |
| HITECH-extended liability | BAA backed |
| 2024 NPRM tightening | Available now |
| Accounting of disclosures | Per-event log |
| State analogues (CCPA / VCDPA) | Supported |
Adjacent rules + frameworks served.
- CCPA + state privacy laws — analogous individual rights
- HITRUST CSF — implementation framework alignment
- NIST SP 800-66 — HIPAA Security Rule implementation guidance
- 42 CFR Part 2 (substance use disorder records) — adjacent stricter regime