HIPAA help: A compliance toolkit for psychotherapists for maintaining records' privacy and security, managing risks and operating ethically and legally under HIPAA

by Edward L. Zuckerman

HIPAAHelp will give you all the explanations, forms, and guidelines to make your practice HIPAA-compliant both immediately and in all foreseeable situations. Completely updated for 2009, it includes hotlinks to internet resources, and relevant parts of the regulations. You will understand exactly what and how much to do so that you will not waste time or effort nor be vulnerable for violations by doing too little. This book has sold almost 7,000 copies and was a Featured Selection of Behavioral Science Book Service. It is easy to read yet complete as are all of Ed's books. Forms to use The required Notice of Privacy Practices, A Briefer Notice of Privacy Practices, The required Consent Form, Essential content of Authorizations, A Staff Confidentiality Agreement, Form for Revoking an Authorization, Requests for an Accounting of Disclosures, etc, Detailed guidance for complying with the Minimum Necessary Rule, Rules about Incidental Disclosures, Business Associate Contracts requirements, Needed Disaster Recovery plans, Rules on handling client Complaints, and Requests for Alternative Means of Communication. Also checklists for Doing the Gap Analysis, The duties of the Privacy Officer, Keeping an Account of Disclosures, and Training staff in Privacy & Security Rules. Guidelines for evaluating When to Keep Psychotherapy or Progress Notes, Clients' Requests to Copy, Access, & Amend records, Where HIPAA Preempts your State s Laws, and How much effort to put into HIPAA Compliance. This is the Complete Package! A HIPAA Reference Library with full explanations and definitions of all terms, procedures, and the legal requirements to which you can refer to over the years as HIPAA interacts with other areas of practice. For your questions, the entire text of the HIPAA regulations is included. URLs and descriptions of about a hundred websites for additional information and materials.

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First published January 1, 2006