HIPAA

INDEX

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Authorities and Reference . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Direction and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Chain of Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

How the rule works . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION (PHI). . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

BUSINESS ASSOCIATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Uses and Disclosures for treatment, payment, and Health Care operations . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. ... . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . 15

HIPAA Implementation assessment . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

INFORMATION, TRAINING RECORDS . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Confidential Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Statement of Patient’s Privacy rights . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Clinical records and HIPAA compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Protection of records/HIPAA compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION PLEDGE OF CONFIDENTIALITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

FAX PRIVACY POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

SAMPLE BUSINESS ASSOCIATE CONTRACT PROVISIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

HIPAA ("Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act") ENROLLMENT . . . . . . . . 27

Notice of Privacy Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

FILE MOVEMENT REGISTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Visitor Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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