Chapter 7

PCI and Other Regulations

  • PCI-DSS
  • Massachusetts 201 CMR 17.0
  • California State Law SB 1386
  • Sarbanes–Oxley

In the previous chapters, we spent a great deal of time reviewing the regulations that have a direct impact on healthcare and the way the industry does business and employs IT. In this chapter, we will explore additional regulations that impact the healthcare community, including payment card industry group standards and regulations at the federal and state levels that apply to protecting personally identifiable information. Nearly all medical service providers rely on debit and credit cards as methods of payment for services rendered. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is the overlying security standard ...

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