Incorporated in early 2003, Element has emerged as a true innovator in the payment processing industry. We offer processing solutions that include credit, debit, ACH, gift cards, and others to businesses throughout the U.S. Element is determined to set an industry precedent by offering solutions custom-tailored to fit the needs of valued partner, like MPS, without compromising customer care. The company was founded with the core values of integrity, communication, innovation, partnership, and service. A commitment to these core values; coupled with state-of-the-art technology and a unique “listen to the customer” approach, has afforded Element the ability to adapt to market and industry trends with more agility and better results than its competition.
Element prides itself on quickly becoming our partner’s trusted payment advisor by delivering high quality customer care through secure and innovative payment solutions. This strategy is in direct parallel to MPS’ philosophy and will allow both parties to bring its customers high-valued solutions.
With a management team with significant payment industry experience and as a participant of the Payment Card Industry Security Standard Council (PCI SSC), Element brings a high level of expertise and security to our Partners. You can feel secure working with MPS/Element as we service more than 30,000 customers and process over 40 million transactions each year.
Importance of Credit Card Security:
We all know how protective we are with our own personal credit cards. We’re very careful about who we give our credit card information to, careful about who over hears us give our credit card numbers for over-the-phone purchases, careful about the level of security for online purchases, etc. With all of the protection we demonstrate to our own credit cards, I’m sure everyone would agree that the same amount of protection should be demonstrated to the cards of our clients.
As a service to our AVImark users to assist with protecting credit card information as well as maintain compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS), AVImark now has the ability to determine if sensitive credit card data is currently being stored within AVImark. Storage of this data in a non-PCI compliant method (whether inside or outside of AVImark) exposes your hospital to an increased chance of fraud. MSS highly recommends that this information be removed and/or protected to meet the PCI-DSS requirements.
During the update process to the AVImark 2009.0 version, a search can now be performed to determine if sensitive credit card data is being stored within the Notes and More Stuff areas of AVImark. If any sensitive data is located during this search, an internal application can be processed to remove as much of this sensitive information as possible from within these areas.
Simply removing this information of course does not ensure your PCI-DSS compliance as these requirements go far beyond the storage of credit card information. To view a complete list of all the PCI-DSS requirements as well as other helpful information regarding PCI-DSS compliance, select the links listed below.
PCI-DSS requirements:see attachment
Helpful Link: http://www.pcicomplianceguide.org/
For more information on performing the internal AVImark application to remove sensitive credit card information from your AVImark database, please contact your AVImark support representative at 877-838-9273. |
