Highlights from the HITRUST Health Industry Third Party Assurance Summit

On June 29, 2015, the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) announced that several massive payer organizations, including Anthem, Health Care Services Corp., Highmark, Humana, and UnitedHealth Group will require their business associates to obtain CSF certification. While this is old news, HITRUST assembled more than 350 business-associate attendees at the "Health Industry Third Party Assurance Summit: Driving Efficiencies and Compliance through the HITRUST Assurance Program" last Friday as a way for business associates to (1) better understand the reasons for the mandate, (2) understand the journey to CSF certification, (3) interact with CSF Assessor organizations (such as Coalfire), and (4) learn about current initiatives underway at HITRUST.