10 Step HIPAA Plan
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Step 1: Make Sure you Must Comply with HIPAA +
What's Inside:
Lists of who is generally covered and who is not, plus contact for inquiries. -
Step 2: Designate Team Leaders +
What's Inside:
- 7-page HIPAA basics
- 62-page guide to security and privacy of ePHI
- Compliance Charter Template
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Step 3: Develop Security Policies & Procedures +
What's Inside:
Templates for Security Policies and Procedures -
Step 4: Conduct a security risk analysis +
What's Inside:
INTRODUCTORY:- Guides
- Short videos
- Interactive quizzes on risk assessment and contingency preparation
- 10 common myths
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Interactive tutorial – 156 questions with fill-able PDFs for Windows or iPad. All material from federal sources. -
Step 5: Develop an action plan +
What's Inside:
INTRODUCTORY:- 11-page overview on ePHI for small practices
- 4-page Q&A addresses email with patients
- Checklists
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Toolkit on 45 implementation specifications -
Step 6: Reduce Risks of a Breach +
What's Inside:
- Overview of expectations
- Annual Work Plan Template
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Step 7: Train the Team +
What's Inside:
- Form for reporting breach notification
- Links to details on the notification process and what constitutes a breach.
- Suite of Training Materials
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Step 8: Customize Privacy Notices +
What's Inside:
FOR ALL:- Privacy notice templates to help achieve meaningful consent, in English & Spanish.
INTRODUCTORY:- Professionals' guide covering 2013 updates on communications.
ADVANCED:- Electronic toolkit with patient education and meaningful consent sample materials.
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Step 9: Execute Business Associate Agreements +
What's Inside:
- Sample Business Associate Agreement (BAA) provisions
- Suite of BA Management Tools
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Step 10: Verify Compliance with HIPAA +
What's Inside:
INTRODUCTORY:- Tip sheets
- Short videos
- Overviews
ADVANCED:
- 94-page guide on the EHR incentive program
- Beginners' toolkit on reporting to the government
All from federal sources.
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