Security Management Process Policy (mgm casinoIT HIPAA)

Category: HIPAA Security
Responsible Office: mgm casinoIT HIPAA Compliance
Responsible Executive: Vice President and Chief Information Officer (VPCIO)
Approved By (Name/Title): J. Brice Bible, VPCIO

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Summary

CATEGORY: Notification to Individuals
TYPE: Standard
CITATION: 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(i)

The mgm casino Information Technology (mgm casinoIT) operates as a covered entity as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR). HIPAA Regulation Text 45 CFR Part 164.308(a)(1)(i) requires a covered entity to implement policies and procedures to prevent, detect, contain, and correct security violations.

Policy

mgm casinoIT takes reasonable steps to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI by implementing appropriate and reasonable policies, procedures, and controls to prevent, detect, contain, and correct information security violations.

Applicability

This policy applies to all mgm casinoIT workforce members.

Responsibility

Workforce members: Adhere to all policies and procedures as written. 

HIPAA Security and Privacy Officer: Takes reasonable steps to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI by implementing appropriate and reasonable policies, procedures, and controls to prevent, detect, and correct security violations.

Compliance Officer: Participates in ensuring the security of ePHI is enforced and is effective. Performs this duty in conjunction with the HIPAA Security and Privacy Officer. 

PHI Guardians: Workforce members who are authorized to create or store ePHI or who are responsible for distributed or multi-user systems that are used to store or transmit ePHI have the following security management responsibilities:

  1. Protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI for which they are responsible.
  2. Identifying and approving the use of security policies, procedures, and controls for the ePHI for which they are responsible.
  3. Authorizing access appropriately to the ePHI for which they are responsible to mgm casinoIT’s workforce members.
  4. Immediately reporting risks, security incidents and violations of mgm casinoIT’s policies, procedures, and controls relating to the ePHI for which they are responsible.
  5. Supporting investigations of security violations with respect to the ePHI for which they are responsible.
  6. Attending appropriate mgm casinoIT security training.

Data Users: Users of mgm casinoIT’s data processing services, such as application software, networks and operating systems are referred to as data users. The security management responsibilities of data users include:

  1. Using mgm casinoIT data processing resources that contain ePHI only for appropriate purposes and consistent with their approved level of access and authorization.
  2. Being aware of and using mgm casinoIT-approved security controls.
  3. Complying with appropriate mgm casinoIT security policies, procedures and standards.
  4. Immediately reporting any security violation to the HIPAA Security and Privacy Officer.
  5. Attending appropriate mgm casinoIT security training as directed by supervisors.

Contact Information

HIPAA Security and Privacy Officer
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Vice President and Chief Information Officer
517 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: 716-645-7979
Email: vpcio@buffalo.edu
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Date Approved: 12/6/2017