Author: Heubusch, Kevin

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2010

The HIPAA privacy rule generally conveys to individuals the same rights in death that they held in life. Two current proposals would change that, reducing the protections that covered entities currently must afford a deceased patient's record and easing access to decedent records by family....

Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2014

Have a spare 32.8 million hours? The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sure hopes so.


As noted in the Federal Register, that figure is the total number of hours the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) estimated it would take all HIPAA-covered entities combined....

Author: Amatayakul, Margret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2003

What do members of your work force say when:

a patient asks what the notice of privacy practices is

an individual states that her mother already signed the notice of privacy practices

a physician office claims that authorization from the patient isn’t need....

Author: Barker, Tim

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: June 02, 2002

Author: Cassidy, Bonnie S.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2000

Confused about the differences between privacy and security? You’re not alone. Combine these with the jargon-laden chain of trust and business partner agreement issues, and a whole new set of questions about HIPAA implementation emerges.

Privacy, pursuant to HIPAA, addresses the righ....

Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill

Source: In Confidence (newsletter) | AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: March 02, 2003

Question: May physicians’ offices or pharmacists leave messages for patients at their homes. Can providers mail appointment or prescription refill reminders to patient homes?
Answer: Yes. The rule does not prohibit covered entities (CEs) from leaving messages for patients on their answe....

Author: Davis, Nancy; Glondys, Barbara

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2016

Federal law prohibits the sale of firearms to certain individuals with a history of mental illness. Recent mass shootings have focused attention on the fact that the individuals perpetrating these crimes often had a documented history of mental illness which went undetected despite state a....

Author: Apple, Gordon J.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: June 02, 2003

Former President Ronald Reagan coined a phrase during the Cold War, “trust, but verify,” regarding treaties with the former Soviet Union. Today, as we ponder the enforcement environment likely to emerge over HIPAA, a more apt phrase may be “trust, don’t do much, and react to public pressure.”....

Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: June 02, 2003

Question: Under what circumstances would our organization be investigated for HIPAA privacy compliance?
Answer: The complaint investigation process will be complaint driven. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the enforcement body for the privacy....

Author: Marsh, Carmilla

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2002

Release of information is a perennial challenge for HIM professionals in all care settings. However, long-term care offers some special challenges, especially in the light of the HIPAA privacy rule published in December 2000 (with a compliance date of April 2003). This article reviews the basi....