Some Fun with HIPAA...

Interactive HIPAA crossword puzzle from the California Medical Association.

The HIPAA act will be combined with the newly formed Physicians Organized To Manage Uncontrolled Senatorial Spending (POTMUSS). The new act will be refered to as HIPAA-POTMUSS and is expected to be HUGE.

HIPAA stands for:

Health Industry Paying All Attorneys

Highly Intricate Paperwork in Abundant Amounts

Health Insurance Pain in the Ass Act

High Income Potential for Aggressive Attorneys

Having Impact Past All Assumptions

Huge Increase in Paperwork and Aggravation Act

Its subtitle is:

The Trial Lawyers Full Reemployment Act of 1996

HIPAA Jokes

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
HIPAA.
HIPAA who?
Sorry, I’m not allowed to disclose that information.

What do you call the the removal of individually identifiable health information from health records?
HIPAAectomy

What is the effect of today's meeting/presentation on HIPAA?
HIPAAnosis

What will you least likely say after this meeting?
HIP-HIPAA-Ray

What do you call urgent HIPAA issues?
HIPAAcritical

What do you call a provider if he/she is found to have violated patient confidentiality?
HIPAAcrit

What do you call a theory for HIPAA success?
HIPAAthesis

What do you call the supposition that all covered entities will be compliant by April 14, 2003?
HIPAAthetical

What is that unexplained chill running down the back of anyone associated with HIPAA?
HIPAAthermia

What do you call someone who complains incessantly about HIPAA?
HIPAAchondriac

What do you say on October 16, 2002?
I'm in a HIPAA trouble.

What do you call the uphill slope toward HIPAA compliance?
HIPAAtenuse

What do you call a "shot" of HIPAA humor?
HIPAAdermic

What is a low-level understanding of HIPAA regulation?
HIPAAglycemia

What is the disease you get from too much HIPAA?
HIPAAtitis

What do you call someone who is delighted with HIPAA?
HIPAA-go-lucky

What cowboy will star on Saturday morning TV after HIPAA?
HIPAAlong Cassidy

What do you call someone who is afraid of HIPAA?
HIPAAphobic

What do you call a boring person who talks in circles about HIPAA?
HIPAA Drone

What do you call government personnel who write HIPAA rules?
HIPAAcrats

HIPAA Theme Song

HIPAA-dee-doo-dah, HIPAA-dee-day,
My, oh, my, what a stressful day.
Plenty of spreadsheets coming my way.
HIPAA-dee-doo-dah, HIPAA-dee-day.

A Visit to the ER from St. Nick

Twas the night before surgery, and all 'cross the floor
The patients were buzzing 'bout the guy in Room Four.
His chart was hung on his door with great care
To make sure his name was not shown anywhere.

The patients were nestled all snug in their beds
While telemetry monitors beeped overhead.
And I in my gown, with its crack in the back,
Had just settled down for my clear liquid snack.

When down the hall there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
I pulled off my leads and flew out the door,
With my IV pole dragging behind on the floor.

Away to Room Four I hurriedly dashed
Unaware of my gown and the nurses I flashed.
As I slid to a halt and leaned to peek in
I heard the nurse say, "Sir, you mustn't go in!"

And what did I see when I looked in Bed A
But ole Mr. Claus; on his belly he lay.
Covered in gauze and stuck high in the air
Oh what a sight, 'twas St. Nick's derriere!

He was yelling at Doris, the nurse at his side
To be tied to this bed, he just could not abide.
He moaned and he bellowed about his ill luck
But there was just nothing for it; the old man was stuck.

"What happened to Santa?" to Doris I said,
"Why's he on his belly in this hospital bed?"
With a grin she whispered, "He did something stupid.
He injured his butt when he backed into Cupid."

But the old man's ears were sharp as tack.
He heard what she said there behind his back.
"You had no right to speak, and that is a fact!
Don't you know about HIPAA, the privacy act?"

"You're out of compliance, Doris, my dear.
You had no right to tell him 'bout my injured rear!
I'll sue you for breach, and this hospital, too!
You won't have a job when I'm through with you!"

"When I check my list and then check it twice,
You'll be in the column labeled 'Not Nice.'
The HIPAA patrol will likewise drop by
To find out why you, Doris, did not comply!"

"They'll want to know why you opened your yap,
A big, hefty fine on your butt they will slap.
And from me every Christmas you will now see
Nothing but switches and coal 'neath your tree."

Merry Christmas and HIPAA New Year!

HIPAA HUSH

To the tune of "There's a Kind of Hush" originally recorded by Herman's Hermits (also recorded by the Carpenters)

There's a kind of hush
All over the ward tonight
All over the ward
You can hear the sound of HIPAA coming
You know what I mean

Just the nurse and doc
And no PHI in sight
There's no PHI and we're feeling good
Protecting your rights

We store charts very carefully
Speak softer now so you won't need to complain
We're going insane!
The many forms that you complete
Seem to pile up at our FPO's feet
For ever and ever!

There's a kind of hush
All over the ward tonight
All over the ward
We are stressing out protecting your rights!

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