Rural HIPAA resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/legislation/hipaa.php Examines key privacy and security issues that RHIOs encounter, the policies and practices they adopt to manage these issues, and common emerging strategies. -- California HealthCare Foundation http://www.chcf.org/documents/chronicdisease/RHIOPrivacySecurity.pdf Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:46:01 CST http://www.chcf.org/documents/chronicdisease/RHIOPrivacySecurity.pdf Session from the September 2006 conference titled Health Information Technology: A Rural Provider's Roadmap to Quality. Discusses current privacy and security issues from a multitude of perspectives (provider, patient, health information exchange) and what is on the horizon. Speaks to rural challenges and opportunities in security and privacy, and how to meld HIPAA and HIT. http://www.raconline.org/HIT_Conf2006/Sermons_Privacy.pdf Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:09:50 CST http://www.raconline.org/HIT_Conf2006/Sermons_Privacy.pdf The agency of the Department of Health & Human Services that enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule. http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/ Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/ Coordinates the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in the United States. Provides information on the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel which assists in the development of the U.S. Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) by addressing issues such as privacy and security within a shared healthcare information system. http://www.ansi.org/standards_activities/standards_boards_panels/hisb/hitsp.aspx?menuid=3 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.ansi.org/standards_activities/standards_boards_panels/hisb/hitsp.aspx?menuid=3 Provides information on the final rules for the imposition of civil money penalties on entities that violate rules adopted by the Secretary to implement the Administrative Simplificationprovisions of the HIPAA Act. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/FinalEnforcementRule06.pdf Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/FinalEnforcementRule06.pdf Provides information on violation of privacy rights and how to file a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/OCRbro20051202.pdf Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/OCRbro20051202.pdf Provides information on HIPAA complaints, civil monetary penalties, and general enforcement information. -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/enforcement/01_overview.asp? Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.cms.hhs.gov/enforcement/01_overview.asp? Presents avenues of information flow that could apply to emergency preparedness activities. A guide in determining how the Privacy Rule applies to the disclosure in question, this tool focuses on the source of the information being disclosed, to whom the information is being disclosed, and the purpose of the information being disclosed. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/decisiontool/ Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/decisiontool/ Overview of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) requirement, with links to resources and additional information. The purpose of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) is to uniquely identify a health care provider in standard transactions, such as health care claims. -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/ Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/ Results of a survey which evaluated states' experiences with the HIPAA Act. Presents survey results, how states have classified themselves under the Privacy Rule, their achievements, implementation barriers, and how those barriers have been overcome. -- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials http://www.astho.org/pubs/HIPAA5FINAL.pdf Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.astho.org/pubs/HIPAA5FINAL.pdf Contains various resources on HIPAA administrative simplification, including a resource directory, general information, and information on code sets and standards. -- Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange http://www.wedi.org/snip/ Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.wedi.org/snip/