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Implementing the Minimum Necessary Standard
Author: Amatayakul, Margret; Brandt, Mary D.; Dennis, Jill Callahan
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2002
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
Mind Your Business Associate Access: Six Steps
Author: Sullivan, Tori E.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2002
It's April 10, 2003, and a privacy officer is reviewing her policies for the imminent privacy regulations, title II of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. The compliance deadline is April 13, 2003, and she is already feeling stressed about meeting the date.....
Implementing a Customer Service Initiative that Complies with HIPAA
Author: Talbot, Shawn; Yackell, Harriet
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: October 02, 2002
A facility shares its experience with informing and training its entire organization on the changes to the disclosure of patient information under HIPAA. Lessons learned are described.
Creating Privacy Rule Implementation Efficiency
Author: Hughes, Gwen
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2002
Many HIM professionals will be called upon to perform an extraordinary feat during the next six months. They will be asked to bring one or more organizations into compliance with the HIPAA privacy rule by April 14, 2003. While this task is challenging in organizations that began such efforts a....
Keeping Home Coding Secure: the Marriage of Technology and HIM
Author: Friedman, Beth; Bahr, Dave
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 23, 2002
United under HIPAA: a Comparison of Arrangements and Agreements (HIPAA on the Job)
Author: Amatayakul, Margret
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2002
The HIPAA transactions, security, and privacy regulations identify five agreements and relationships that can be established between healthcare entities to achieve economies of scale and lessen HIPAA's administrative burden. They are: affiliated covered entity (ACE)
business associa....
Leaving a Mark: What HIPAA Means for Marketing Provisions
Author: Lieteau, Triste
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: September 02, 2002
Since the publication of the final modifications to the HIPAA privacy rule in the Federal Register on August 14, 2002, many healthcare providers have been working diligently to understand the proposed revisions and their impact on HIPAA compliance efforts already underway.While some of the mo....
Privacy's Day in Court
Author: Gradle, Brian D.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2002
While HIM professionals work to implement HIPAA, courts across the nation continue to hear cases that could affect this work. Namely, these are cases related to state privacy laws.
HIPAA's "preemption" framework provides that state laws that are not contrary to HIPAA or that p....
Journal Q&A (9/02)
Author: AHIMA Professional Practice Team
Source: AHIMA Q and A
Publication Date: September 02, 2002
Q: A developmentally disabled adult was recently admitted to our hospital. The patient was accompanied by his older sister. The sister indicated her brother could not write but that he could draw an "X." Because the patient doesn't have a court-appointed guardian and his parents are deceased,....
Does Your State Law Pass the Preemption Test? (part 2)
Author: Roach, Michael C.
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: September 02, 2002
Part two in a two-part series
This is the second of two articles on the subject of HIPAA preemption of state privacy law. This article will discuss some practical effects of the preemption rules and where covered entities might turn for assistance in addressing the question of preemptio....
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