Please see below for some additional study materials, in anticipation of our discussion of HIPAA Administrative Simplification. Please be sure to have this material readily available either on your laptop or in dead tree media format for our impending classes.
http://www.medicare.gov/privacypractices.asp
Medicare program Notice of Privacy Practices for the Original Medicare Plan
http://www.inova.org/patient-and-visitor-information/pdfs/privacy-policy.pdf
INOVA NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/coveredentities/notice.pdf
Background - OCR publication regarding NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES FOR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION [45 CFR 164.520]
Please also read the HIPAA Administrative Simplification statute:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm
PUBLIC LAW 104-191
AUG. 21, 1996
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996
Public Law 104-191
104th Congress
Note please that the HIPAA Administration Simplification statute is affected by several subsequently enacted statutes, including most recently the The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-005 enacted February 17, 2009
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h1enr.pdf
which includes the so-called HITECH Act found at pages 112 et seq.
TITLE XIII—HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SEC. 13001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TITLE. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title (and title IV of division B) may be cited as the ‘‘Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act’’ or the ‘‘HITECH Act’’.
