Report on Patient Privacy

The health industry’s #1 source of timely news and business strategies for safeguarding patient privacy and data security. Published for hospitals and other providers, health plans and other HIPAA-covered entities and business associates, the 12-page newsletter focuses on privacy issues that can result in huge fines, penalties and public relations nightmares, including: security breach notification; business associate relations and agreements; and new federal privacy rules for marketing, fundraising, privacy notices, minimum necessary, patient rights and safeguarding privacy in EHRs. Annual subscriptions include 12 issues of Report on Patient Privacy (with print and electronic delivery) and access to a subscriber-only website with 32 narrative sections of guidance by experts (packed with policies, procedures and practical tools), links to all pertinent documents, and searchable archives of the newsletter.

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Practical News and Strategies for Complying With HIPAA

Long-awaited final regulations are now reinventing HIPAA compliance in a wide range of areas, with:

Huge changes in the obligations and liabilities of business associates … and their relationships (and agreements) with covered entities,
New HIPAA obligations for “subcontractors,”
A big change in breach notification, including the definition of “breach” and replacement of the controversial “harm” standard,
Revisions to rules governing the Notice of Privacy Practices,
New restrictions on the “sale” of PHI, research authorizations, protecting genetic information, an individual’s right to access and request restrictions, fundraising opt-outs and disclosures, and the PHI of decedents, and
Stronger enforcement of HIPAA/HITECH violations and the imposition of greater penalties.

At the same time, security breaches — driven by human error, identity theft and the sloppy use of technology — are becoming commonplace, and the costs for notification and clean-up are staggering (on average greater than $2 million). And that’s before HHS and state attorneys general investigate what went wrong!

With the industry-leading Report on Patient Privacy, you’ll receive timely news and analysis on all of the new regulations ... and strategies for helping your organization limit the risk of a breach ... and your losses in the event of a breach.

This valuable two-part subscription service includes:

Report on Patient Privacy, AIS’s industry-leading monthly newsletter, a copy of which will be mailed to you and posted — along with searchable archives of past articles and a convenient library with PDFs of back issues — on the subscriber-only website. Check out a sample issue of the industry-leading Report on Patient Privacy.
Access to the industry’s most exhaustive HIPAA privacy and security website, which features:

32 detailed narrative sections of guidance written by experts on every HIPAA compliance topic from A to Z (see listing below). These exhaustive treatments are packed with sample forms, policies, procedures, decision trees and other practical tools you can adapt to your privacy and security compliance programs ... and it’s updated regularly.
Links to critical government documents required for compliance with privacy and security regulations and other related federal requirements.
Searchable archives of the monthly newsletter Report on Patient Privacy.
Recent stories of interest and hot topic articles grouped for convenient reading, and
Regular postings from your editor.

HIPAA compliance continues to be an enormous challenge for every health care compliance offer … and a subscription to Report on Patient Privacy will be your roadmap to compliance.

Privacy

General Privacy Requirements
by AIS Editorial Staff
Preemption of State Law
by Cynthia F. Reaves, Esq., Linda S. Ross, Esq., and Michael J. Friedman, Esq., Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Getting Organized for Compliance
by Michael D. Bell, Esq., Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.
Gap Analysis and Project Planning
by Christopher E. Coleman, MPH, Vice President, Kristy L. Kuhn, MPA, Associate Consultant, Strategic Management Systems, Inc.
Completing a Risk Assessment
by Cornelia M. Dorfschmid, Ph.D., Strategic Management Systems, Inc.
Patients' Rights
by Brian Gradle, Esq., Hogan & Hartson LLP
Use and Disclosure of PHI
by Brian Gradle, Esq., Hogan & Hartson LLP
PHI and Research
by Diane M. L. Lee, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Safeguarding PHI
by AIS Editorial Staff
Employee Education and Training
by Geralyn Kidera, J.D., Vice President, Mark Pastin, Ph.D., President, Council of Ethical Organizations
Marketing and Fundraising
by Erin L. Darling, Esq., Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. and Eric Tower, Esq., Advocate Health Care
Recordkeeping and Reporting
by Donald E. Koenig, Jr., Esq., Catholic Healthcare Partners
Privacy Audits
by Christine Jensen, HIPAA Project Manager, Denver Health
Implications for Employers
by Katharina E. Babich, Esq., Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Security

Overview of the Security Rule
by AIS Editorial Staff
General Framework
by AIS Editorial Staff
Security and Privacy
by Kristy Kuhn and Nisha Shajahan, Strategic Management Systems, Inc.
Security Management
by Royden R. Crookshanks and Donald M. Jacobs, Inteck, Inc.
Risk Analysis and Management
by Maureen H. Beekman, Six Point Solutions, LLC
Contingency Planning
by Maureen H. Beekman, Six Point Solutions, LLC
Contingency Planning, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
by Joseph Arnett, Business Continuity Taxation Professionals, Inc. and Russ Arnett, Taxation Professionals, Inc.
Workforce, Physicians and Contractors
by Richard Friedland, Friedland Management Solutions, Inc.
Training and Education
by Joseph Gifford, MD, Regence BlueShield
Standards for Physical Safeguards
by Marc R. Holland, System Research Services
Standards for Technical Safeguards
by Peter Caplan, MediSecurity
Security Auditing and Audit Controls
by Tony T. Schumaker, Riskology, Inc.
Data Security Audits
by Chris Apgar, Apgar & Associates LLC
Electronic Signatures
by Jay Elder, Interlink

Privacy and Security

Selecting and Implementing EHRs/PHRs
by Chris Apgar, Apgar & Associates LLC
Breach Notification Requirements
by AIS Editorial Staff
Business Associates
by Reece Hirsch, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
OCR HIPAA Enforcement
by AIS Editorial Staff

Written By

Report on Patient Privacy is written by an editorial team led by Francie Fernald and Theresa Defino. The narrative sections on the website were written by attorneys, consultants and other experts in HIPAA compliance (see table of contents for individual Privacy and Security section authors).

Written For

Privacy officers, compliance officers, medical records directors, CEOs, CFOs and other top managers at:

Hospitals
Billing companies
Managed care and insurance companies
Medical group practices
Ancillary provider groups
Pharmaceutical companies
E-health companies

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