The definitive guide to complying with the HIPAA/HITECH privacy and security rules

• Main Author: Trinckes, John J.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2013.
• Subjects: United States. > American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.; United States. > Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.; United States. > Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.; Medical records > Law and legislation > United States.; Medical records > Access control > United States.; Data protection > Law and legislation > United States.; Health insurance > Law and legislation > United States.; Health insurance claims > United States.; Electronic books.
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"Preface The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published four major rules implementing a number of provisions and regulations set out by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clin...

Table of Contents:

• 1. HIPAA/HITECH overview
• 2. Relevance of HIPAA/HITECH to healthcare organizations
• 3. Compliance overview
• 4. Privacy rule detailed
• 5. Electronic transactions and code set rule detailed
• 6. National provider identifier requirements detailed
• 7. Meaningful use detailed
• 8. Breach notification detailed
• 9. Enforcement rule detailed
• 10. Security rule detailed
• 11. Security rule : administrative safeguards
• 12. Security rule : risk assessments
• 13. Security rule : security awareness training
• 14. Security rule : incident response
• 15. Security rule : business continuity planning and disaster recovery
• 16. Security rule : compliance assessment
• 17. Security rule : physical safeguards
• 18. Security rule : technical safeguards
• 19. Security rule : organizational requirements
• 20. Frequently asked questions
• 21. Checklists.