Compliancy Group Verifies Saddleback’s Ability to Deliver Services to Health Care Organizations While Protecting Patient Data
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA – May 10, 2018 – Saddleback Communications, a provider of voice, data and high-speed Internet services to residential and business customers in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, is pleased to announce that it has achieved full compliance with the federally regulated standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
The HIPAA Seal of Compliance® is a third-party verification that Saddleback is able to deliver telecommunications services to health care organizations in accordance with the regulation’s requirements governing the security, privacy and integrity of sensitive patient health care data.
“Achieving HIPAA Compliancy provides our Saddleback business customers with an important regulatory component of our Hosted PBX and UCaaS solutions,” said Bill Bryant, President of Saddleback Communications. “Saddleback has many customers in the medical and health care industries and having this compliance will better support our valued customers.”
Saddleback has implemented a full compliance program, adhering to the necessary regulatory standards outlined in the HIPAA Privacy Rule, HIPAA Security Rule, HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, HIPAA Omnibus Rule, PCI and HITECH. These standards have been heavily vetted against the letter of the law and meet federal NIST requirements.
Saddleback’s compliance has been verified by the HIPAA subject matter experts and Compliance Coaches at Compliancy Group, the industry-recognized leader in HIPAA compliance.
About Saddleback Communications
Saddleback Communications is a federally regulated Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier that provides residential and business customers with reliable local telephone service, high-speed Internet access, Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) and custom business solutions. Founded in 1997 by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Saddleback Communications’ mission is to upgrade and enhance the quality of telephone, data and Internet services for the residents and businesses on the Community. Since the company’s inception, they have built a rugged, self-healing telecommunications infrastructure that provides world-class solutions for residents and businesses. Learn more at www.saddlebackcomm.com.
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Phenecia Padilla
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Saddleback Communications
480.362.7090
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