HIPAA Resources
- NEW: HITECH and HIPAA
- The 2009 HITECH Act has implications for physicians and other healthcare providers.
- Security Rule Resources
- Are you in compliance with the Security Rule? Find out here.
- Business Associate Agreement
- Login required. HIPAA covered providers, and their business associates, must comply with new federal breach notification requirements.
HIPAA Help
Do You Know Enough About HIPAA?
To help you learn how HIPAA affects you, The Neurologists' Program offers this section to make you more familiar with these new regulations.
Do you have TNP coverage? If so, log in to My Program to view even more in-depth section covering HIPAA information for neurologists.
NEW RESOURCE! Multi-Million Dollar Fines and Prison: HIPAA Enforcement
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Online Education
- HIPAA - You Asked For It
- Login required. The events that culminated in the creation of HIPAA's Privacy Rule.
Advice Helpline
The The Risk Management Consultation Service is available to TNP insureds and their office staff and provides direct access to risk managers. We encourage insureds to contact us with any questions regarding a potential liability risk.
HIPAA News Archive
- 8/24/09: HHA issues HITECH Breach Notification Interim Final Rule
- 7/27/09: HHS designates Regional Office Privacy Advisors
- 7/27/09: HHS Secretary transfers Security Rule enforcement authority from CMS to OCR
- 4/17/09: HHS issues HITECH Breach Notification Guidance
- 2/17/09: HITECH Act enacted as Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- 4/18/08: Do Patients Have Access to Therapy or Personal Notes?
- 2/16/06: Enforcement of the Administrative Simplification Regulations - Final Rule
- 9/23/05: Claims Attachment Standards - CMS published a new proposed rule for electronic claims attachments
- 2/28/03: HHS Adopts Final Security Standards, Transaction Modifications For Electronic Health Information Under HIPAA
- 2/10/03: Watch for States to Impose Privacy Rule Requirements (updated 9/2003)
- 12/27/01: Administrative Simplification Compliance Act Signed
HHS Assistance
- How to Determine if you are a Covered Entity
- HIPAA Security Rule Education Materials
- OCR Guidelines Explaining Significant Aspects of Privacy Rule
- FAQs About the Privacy Rule
- OCR Now has Privacy Rule Listserv Available
- OCR Contact Information
- Privacy Rule Enforcement
- Summary of HIPAA Privacy Rule
- How to File a Health Information Privacy Complaint with OCR
- HIPAA and Health Information Technology
- HIPAA and Research
- HIPAA and FERPA
- CDC and HHS Issue New Guidance About HIPAA Privacy Rule & Public Health
- HIPAA and Substance Abuse Treatment
- HIPAA and HIV Treatment
- HIPAA and Genetic Information
- HIPAA and Disclosures in Emergencies
- HIPAA and Emergency Planning
- Disposal of PHI
- Family Medical History Information
- Communicating with Others Involved in Patient's Care
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