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Your Health Information Privacy Rights
Author: U.S. Office for Civil Rights
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: August 17, 2004
Winding Road to the Privacy Rule
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2001
We have a privacy rule. After years of effort from AHIMA members, the first national privacy standards were allowed to go into effect by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, with pressure from the White House.
It's time for HIM professi....
Who's Covered by HIPAA (HIPAA on the Job)
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2001
One of the mysteries of the administrative simplification section of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is determining who is covered or comes under the requirements of the act. This article will examine HIPAA to unravel some of the mystery of &quo....
When to Send a Breach Notification: New HIPAA Rules Revise “Harm” Standard
Author: Warner, Diana
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
The HITECH Act’s omnibus HIPAA modification final rule, released January 25, 2013, finalized sweeping changes to privacy and security regulations. Though much of the proposed rule was adopted, the omnibus rule included major changes made to the “harm threshold” standard i....
When Should a Notice of Privacy Practices be Provided?
Author: Dougherty, Michelle
Source: In Confidence (newsletter) | AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: February 02, 2003
Question: I am a long-term care (LTC) consultant. An attorney for a facility I contract with stated the organization does not have to provide a notice of privacy practices to the residents in the facility on April 14, 2003, when the privacy rule becomes effective. Only newly admitted resident....
What's Your Designated Record Set? (HIPAA on the Job)
Author: Amatayakul, Margret; Waymack, Pam
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2002
The HIPAA privacy rule provides individuals the right to request access to and amendment of their protected health information maintained in a designated record set (DRS). To ensure that the DRS is completely identified but excludes information that does not pertain, covered entities should ad....
What’s Next for the Privacy Rule? HIPAA for All, or Something Quite Like It
Author: Dennis, Jill Callahan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2008
The privacy rule is just six, but gaps in its coverage have already widened. Now some organizations are recommending that the rule—or something like it—expand to cover any organization that handles personal health information in any form.
Six years ago....
Web FAQ
Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team
Source: AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: October 2002
Because HIPAA gives patients the right to copy their medical records, does my facility have to supply a copy machine for this purpose or allow patients to take their records to a copy center?
According to section 164.520 of the HIPAA final privacy rule, an individual has "the right to inspect....
Web-based HIPAA Training Provides a Myriad of Options
Author: Bowley, Kathleen
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: January 02, 2003
With the April 14, 2003, HIPAA deadline fast approaching, many healthcare professionals need immediate assistance meeting this critical deadline. So how does an organization achieve appropriate compliance training in a short time frame? The answer for some associations may be Web-based traini....
Web-based Disclosure Tracking Provides HIPAA Compliance
Author: Gallagher, Patrick; Pavoni, Mary Mike
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: April 02, 2003
HIPAA laws have strengthened patients’ rights concerning access to their private medical information while at the same time making them more aware of their rights. Consequently, more patients are going to be requesting an accounting of disclosures (AOD) in the future.
According to secti....
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