Amedisys elected to Health Information Trust Alliance Executive Council

Amedisys, one of the nation's leading home health care and hospice companies, announced today that it has been elected to the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) Executive Council. Information Security Officer Sanjeev Sah will serve a two-year term on the council as the Amedisys representative.

“We are committed to not only caring for our patients' health, but their information as well”

As a health care provider, Amedisys is entrusted with the personal health information of its patients. In 2010, Amedisys adopted the HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) for the development and implementation of the Information Security Program. The CSF is an information security framework that harmonizes the requirements of existing standards and regulations, including federal (HIPAA, HITECH), third party (PCI, COBIT) and government (NIST, FTC). "We are committed to not only caring for our patients' health, but their information as well," said Sah. "Working with HITRUST will allow us to collaborate with leaders in the industry to share best practices, knowledge, and tools that will help the health care industry reduce risk and increase security."

HITRUST is led by a management team and governed by the executive council, made up of leaders from a variety of health care organizations. "HITRUST welcomes Amedisys to the Executive Council to represent the interests and perspective of home health providers," said Daniel Nutkis, Chief Executive Officer, HITRUST. "Collaboration with all types of healthcare organization is paramount to HITRUST's commitment to advancing the protection of health information."