The HIPAA Privacy Manual
For
Health Care Providers

The TxHIMA Board's goal in publishing this manual is to provide the membership with a practical guide to assist healthcare providers with the implementation of the HIPAA Privacy Rules. In addition, this manual will offer practical guidance on the resources needed for monitoring and long term compliance.

Various sample forms and policies and procedures have been embedded into this manual to offer a template for the users.

It is also our goal to ensure the manual is updated annually and available to the health care providers so that the most up-to-date information and guidance are available.

Table of Contents

1. Background of HIPAA
2. The Many Other Faces of HIPAA
3. Privacy, the New Frontier
4. Getting Ready for HIPAA
5. Critical Organizational Decisions
6. Consents
7. Notice of Privacy Practices
8. Authorizations
9. Release of Information
10. Access to Protected Health Information
11. Minimum Necessary Rule
12. Amending Protected Health Information
13. Accounting for Disclosures
14. Impact of the HIPAA Privacy Rule on Research
15. Marketing
16. Fundraising Efforts and HIPAA
17. Business Associates
18. Setting up a Complaint Process
19. Physical Safeguards and Destruction of Protected Information
20. Education
21. Roles and Responsibilities of a Privacy Official
22. Selected Privacy Rule Concepts and Definitions