The final amendments to HIPAA resulting from the HITECH Act are now in effect and fully enforceable. The amendments require changes in several areas of operation, including health information management, marketing, fundraising, breach notification, and security, and many of the changes will require significant effort to implement.
The new regulations will be reviewed and their effects on HIPAA policies will be discussed. We will describe the new rights that must be added into your policies and NPP, and identify the places where current rights need to be modified. We will discuss typical policy content and describe the places where changes might best be made, and discuss the information that needs to be added or removed to meet requirements most efficiently and economically. Sample policies will be examined.
Every HIPAA Covered Entity is required to have a Notice of Privacy Practices that accurately reflects patient rights and practices at the entity. Because there are new finalized changes to the HIPAA rules, the NPP for every organization having one must be updated
The new regulations will be reviewed and their effects on HIPAA policies will be discussed. We will describe the new rights that must be added into your policies and NPP, and identify the places where current rights need to be modified. We will discuss typical policy content and describe the places where changes might best be made, and discuss the information that needs to be added or removed to meet requirements most efficiently and economically. Sample policies will be examined.
Every HIPAA Covered Entity is required to have a Notice of Privacy Practices that accurately reflects patient rights and practices at the entity. Because there are new finalized changes to the HIPAA rules, the NPP for every organization having one must be updated
