Author: Callahan-Dennis, Jill

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 10, 2001

Introduction and Background

As part of their preparations for compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), healthcare organizations need to compare their current information-handling and information-disclosure practices to the requirement....

Author: Hughes, Gwen

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2001

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Brandt, Mary D.

Source: AHIMA sample form

Publication Date: June 14, 2005

Author: McLendon, Kelly

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2014

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to look for avenues to allow greater patient access to their own health information so that they may be more active in their healthcare management. HHS recently created final rules that remove the Clinical Laboratory Improveme....

Author: Tomes, Jonathan P.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2012

HHS's renewed interest in auditing for compliance is a good reminder to covered entities to ensure their privacy and security programs are up to date.

The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) announcement of a new program to audit compliance with the HIPAA priva....

Author: Hagland, Mark

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2001

Healthcare leaders say there’s no time to waste on serious compliance work, and HIM professionals will be at the heart of the action in this area.
Eunice Little isn’t nervous about HIPAA. After all, she and her colleagues at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles are in the small m....

Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team

Source: AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: September 02, 2003

Q: Under HIPAA, how should covered entities respond to requests from public health officials who state that they need protected health information (PHI) to carry out their duties?

A: The privacy rule recognizes that PHI may be needed to respond to threats to public health, including the....

Author: AHIMA Staff

Source: AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: September 02, 2001

Q: 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?

A: According to section 164.520 of the HIPAA final privacy rule, an individual has "the ri....

Author: AHIMA Staff

Source: AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: September 02, 2001

Q: My facility's records contain a variety of psychiatric documentation including therapists' notes from their treatment sessions with patients. How can I determine what requires special protection under HIPAA? Do I need to separate some of the documentation from the medical record? Currently all p....

Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team

Source: AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: July 02, 2002

Q: I have requested the immunization records from a patient’s former healthcare provider with the patient’s written permission. The former healthcare provider refuses to send the immunization records because the patient has a balance on the account. Is this legal?


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