Assignment
Your father has a private retail pharmacy in a small rural town. He accepts credit cards and holds customer information on a small database server. He wants to know if he should be concerned about PCI compliance, as well as HIPAA, and has asked you for a summary so he can decide if he wants to hire an outside consultant to help him comply with government regulations.
Write a 3 to 4 pages summary in Microsoft Word of the important aspect of PCI and HIPAA regulations to help him make his decision. In your summary:
1) Accurately describe what PCI is and why it is important to a small business.
2) Explain why a small business needs to comply with PCI. Provide at least two reasons.
3) Outline the ramifications of noncompliance to a small business. Provide two examples.
4) Concisely describe who is covered under HIPAA.
5) List the information protected under HIPAA.
6) List the administrative requirements under HIPAA.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.