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Privacy - How To Get Started
Risk Assessment | Work Plans | Policies / Forms | Background on the Regulations | Useful Resources
- HIPAA EarlyViewTM Privacy Tool
This is a software tool designed to help healthcare providers, plans and clearinghouses assess their current position in relation to the HIPAA privacy regulations and begin their compliance strategy. The tool was developed jointly by NCHICA (North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance) and the Maryland Health Care Commission. A demonstration of the software is available on the NCHICA web site.
NCHICA has also reported that their HIPAA Privacy Work Group is "cranking out" documents (sample consent, authorization, notice, BA Contract, etc.) that can be referenced on line by the tool and imported into a document library so that a facility can build its own compliance plan.
- HIPAA Documents CD - HCCA/AHA HIPAA Forum
Philadelphia: HCCA/AHA HIPAA Forum, 2001. CD includes sample policies and forms submitted by HCCA (Healthcare Compliance Association) and/or AHA (American Hospital Association) member or affiliated organizations.
-- The Consortium Resource Center has received a copy of this CD from a Forum attendee, and would be happy to share specific documents from the disc with representatives of the Consortium's member organizations. Please contact us at via e-mail or 781-890-6040.
- HIPAA Complaint Submission Form - Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
This is the form to use to submit compaints about covered entities who are not compliant with the HIPAA electronic transaction and code set standards.
- Notice of Privacy Practices (PDF) - Department of Veterans Affairs
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has provided us with the VA Notice of Privacy Practices in which they state how health information and individual privacy rights are handled by the VHA.
- HIPAA Sample Documents - North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA)
- September 2004 - First-Year Experiences under the Federal Privacy Rule
The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on experiences from the first year under HIPAA's privacy rule. -- www.gao.gov/new.items/d04965.pdf (PDF)
- Complete Privacy, Security, and Enforcement (Procedural) Regulation Text (45 CFR Parts 160 and 164), with all amendments to date, available on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) web site. The web site also includes press releases, fact sheets, background and guidance information. September 2003.
- OCR Guidance Explaining Significant Aspects of the Privacy Rule. December 4, 2002.
- HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform - see following page 60 for recommended modifications to HIPAA (transactions and code sets, privacy). Final Report Draft - November 21, 2002.
- NPRM of Proposed Changes to the Privacy Regulations. March 27, 2002.
- Index to the Final HIPAA Privacy Regulations (PDF) for easy navigation through the Rule (courtesy of Stephen Bernstein, JD, McDermott, Will & Emery)
- FAQ re: Clarifications - HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Implements & Enforces Privacy Regs
- Federal Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Guideline - "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information". Issued on July 6, 2001
- Final Rule - Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
- Feedback from Mass Health Data Consortium - Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information. Final Rule Comments - March 30, 2001
This page last updated July 24, 2006
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