Securing transmitted Protected Health Information (PHI) is an important piece of maintaining compliance under HIPAA Privacy and Security, but its implications for security breaches under the HITECH Act make it more important than ever to utilize technology, such as encryption, to protect the PHI and other sensitive information of our clients.

A&I Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc. utilizes the ZixCorp service to encrypt e-mails containing PHI and other sensitive information. This system identifies protected health and other sensitive personal information in email messages, such as social security numbers. The free option is easy and simple. When you receive an e-mail from A&I it will contain a link to a web portal like the sample below. When you click on it you will be required to create a user name and password. Once set up, you can access and respond to e-mails from A&I.

For more information about ZixCorp you may view their website at www.zixcorp.com. If you have concerns or questions about encryption or would like the contact information for our ZixCorp partner, you may contact Compliance Officer Darby Thiessen directly by emailing her at darby.thiessen@aibpa.com.

Link to ZixCorp portal:
https://web1.zixmail.net/s/login?b=aibpa