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HIPAAlatest:

Recent additions to HIPAAdvisory

HIPAAregs:

What is HIPAA? / HIPAAPrimer

• HIPAAregsearch: All HIPAA regulations by section, with keyword search
  
  Final Rules
  
• Enforcement
  • Interim Enforcement Rule
  • HIPAA Information Tracking System (HITS)
    
• Identifiers
• Employer
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• Privacy Standards (Modified 08/02)
  • Privacy Standards (Original)
    • Guidance of 12/04/02
• Security Standards
  
• Transactions Standards
• Transactions Modifications
• Administrative Simplification Compliance Act
  • Interim Electronic Medicare Claims Submission Rule

Proposed Rules

• Claims Attachments
• Electronic Signature Standard
  

Drafts in Development

• Health Plan (Payer) Identifier
• Individual Identifier
  

• Compliance Calendar: Updated Schedule of Publication of the HIPAA regs
  
• Public Law 104-191: Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996
  
• State Privacy Laws and Preemption Analyses

HIPAAction:

How should you and your organization act on HIPAA?

Road to HIPAA Compliance

Action Resources:

• Privacy

• Security
  including
  Disaster Readiness

• Transactions
  & Identifiers

• E-Health

• HIPAA / LAW: Legal Q/A by Steve Fox, Esq., Pepper Hamilton, LLP
• HIPAA / SECURE: Security Q/A by Phoenix' Security Team
• HIPAAnotes by Phoenix' HIPAA Team
• HIPAAcompliance: assessment, planning & implementation
• HIPAAFAQ
• HIPAAlinks: a comprehensive resource of useful web links on HIPAA & related health security & privacy issues
  • Specific Covered Entity Groups, including Academic Medical Centers; Banks; Biotech; Dental Practices; Governments, State & Local; Optometry / Ophthalmology Practices; Pharmacies; Trustees; and more
• HIPAAsurvey: semi-annual US healthcare industry assessment
• HIPAAwareness education & training
• HIPAAwhitepapers
• Electronic Communications
• State Privacy Laws and Preemption Analyses

HIPAAstore:

Live audio workshops, tapes, books, & more!

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• Books & Services
  
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HIPAAFAQ

Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) from the Department of Health & Human Services and others.

• HHS' Fact Sheet for Consumers
• HIPAA primer
• From CMS:
  • Security
  • Transactions and Code Sets
    • Administrative Simplification Compliance Act
• From OCR:
  • Privacy
  • Guidance of 12/04/02
• From DOT: Drug and Alcohol Testing
• From FCC: HIPAA & the Use of Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS)
• Unique Identifiers

• Glossary & Acronyms

Email Lists:

• HIPAAlert E-Newsletter:

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• Archives

• HIPAAlive Discussion List:

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• HIPAAlive FAQ answers regularly recurring questions and serves as a starting point for those seeking a basic understanding of HIPAA
• List Guidelines / Policy
  
• (HIPAAnotes archives are available in the Action section)

HIPAAtech:

Key technologies for electronic information security & privacy, in layman language and relevant articles

• Application Service Provider (ASP)
• Biometrics
• CAS
• Cryptography
• Digital Signature
• Disaster Recovery
• Disk Sanitization
• Electronic Communications
• Fax Server
• Firewalls
• Identity Management
• Information Lifecycle Management
• Instant Messaging
• Intrusion Classification & Detection
• P2P (Peer to Peer)
• P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences)
• Passwords
• PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
• PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
• Proxy Server
• RFID
• S/MIME
• Security Protocols
• Smart Cards
• Threat Management
• Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
• Vulnerability Scanning
• Wireless

• Articles

HIPAAwares:

Vendor showcase of product offerings intended to ease the transition into a HIPAA-compliant healthcare environment

• HIPAAstore
  • About Our Audio Conferences
  • Package Deals on Our Compliance Tools
• Guide to Medical Privacy and HIPAA by D'Arcy Guerin Gue and Steve Fox, Esq.
• HealthcareEDU
• Privacy Policy Templates Suite
• Security Policies Templates Suite
• Small Provider Toolset
• Toolset for Privacy Training
  • Phoenix Health Systems

HIPAAnews:

Current news relating to privacy & security, particularly as it pertains to healthcare

• Current news
  • QuikPoll
• Recent news
• Archives
• Conference Calendar

HIPAAwhitepapers

• HIPAA Is Not Done: How HIPAA & New Healthcare Initiatives Intersect by R. Upham
• Communicating to Patients about HIPAA Privacy: Have We Achieved Compliance or Complacency? by R. Upham & D. Gue
• The Electronic Health Record: Will It Become a Reality? by R. Upham
• The NHII: Implications for Providers, Patients & the Future of Healthcare Delivery by A. Dorsey
• The Next HIPAA Frontier – Claims Attachments by J. Spencer & M.L. Bushman
• & more...

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