HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification validates Kinetik is committed to meeting key regulations and protecting sensitive information.
LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, December 5, 2022 – Kinetik, a leading provider of the nation’s largest healthcare transportation infrastructure, today announced the Revenue Cycle Management and Trip Scheduler have earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST.
HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) Certified status demonstrates that the organization’s Revenue Cycle Management and Trip Scheduler have met key regulations and industry-defined requirements and is appropriately managing risk. This achievement places Kinetik in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this certification. By including federal and state regulations, standards, and frameworks, and incorporating a risk-based approach, the HITRUST Assurance Program helps organizations address security and data protection challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls.
“Organizations like ours are continually under pressure to meet high standards of information security compliance and data privacy requirements that include technical and process elements based on the NIST security framework and HIPAA guidelines” said Aaron Oboh, CIO at Kinetik. “We are pleased to demonstrate to our business partners the highest standards for data protection and information security by achieving HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification.”
“HITRUST knows that without a sufficient level of reliability, an assurance report doesn’t provide the requisite level of assurances as required to make important business decisions. That’s why we focus on producing the highest quality reports available,” said Vincent Bennekers, Vice President of Quality, HITRUST. “The achievement of a HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification provides reliable assurances that Kinetik is taking information risk management and compliance seriously.”
About Kinetik
We envision a future in which the coordination and delivery of medical transportation will be so seamless that any patient, anywhere, can request a healthcare ride in real-time. To accomplish this, we have built the nation’s largest healthcare transportation infrastructure — one that digitally connects health plans, brokers, and providers. This enhanced level of connectivity significantly improves access to care for patients. Join us and our partners as we reimagine the healthcare transportation industry.
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