[...]... third is fear: fear that the foregoing are correct, fear that they will be forced to “do HIPAA anyway, and fear that they will suffer the legal penalties no matter what they do Is there truth to any of this? There may well be, even if you took away the fear factor The greatest is fear of the unknown They have heard so many stories: nightmare tales of the costs to implement the regulations, nightmare... 4 Ⅲ The HIPAA Program Reference Handbook SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Public Law 104191, was signed into law on August 21, 1996 by then President Bill Clinton Subsequently, various other activities have occurred relative to this law that amplify, clarify, and elaborate on the five titles within the law itself, including the privacy rules and the. .. for these ambivalent (and stronger) feelings The first is that many believe that HIPAA is too big and too expensive to work; therefore it is doomed to failure The second is that there are just as many who believe that the change required by it is too great; this is to say, the amount and type of change are more than they can manage properly over the long implementation period HIPAA will require The. .. Section 261 “Purpose” of the Act reads: It is the purpose of this subtitle to impr ove the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act, and the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system, by encouraging the development of a health information system through the establishment of standards and requirements for the electronic transmission... on the adaptation (of existing and applicable) or establishment of standards and conformance criteria in the aspect of HIPAA that is its focus The standards and criteria will include technology, policy, procedure, and professional practice The intent is not to “reinvent the wheel,” but rather to draw from the best of the work already done in the area of standards and adapt it for application to the. .. fact comply with the Act and how that will be tested and measured No one seems to be able to tell them clearly either This brings me to the purpose for this book The concept embodied here is clarity The contributors to this volume are seasoned veterans who have spent time in the trenches working out the issues and problems associated with implementing programs to become compliant with the HIPAA requirements,... unwieldy the implementation is because the rules are somewhat vague, standards do not provide enough information to implement, and on and on The most pernicious fear among these is that those © 2005 by CRC Press LLC AU2211_C000.fm Page xxxiv Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:30 AM responsible know a lot of what needs doing, but they have not the foggiest notion about whether, after all the dust settles, their programs... effect on the healthcare industry It is not the Act itself, but the text of the regulations found in Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations that are complex to understand Much confusion and even fear of the potential impact of this legal body pervades healthcare institutions and the professionals working in them Speaking for myself and the contributors to this volume, it is our hope that the information... Minimize the Length of the Preexisting Condition Exclusion Know the State’s Law on Coverage Understand Other Coverage Protections Special Enrollment Rights to Other Group Coverage Overview of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules The Privacy Rule The Security Rule Electronic Transactions Informatics Technologies in Healthcare Conclusion References 11 Interoperability and Business Continuity Involving HIPAA. .. CISSP, CISA Introduction HIPAA Arrives on the Scene The Rule-Making Process © 2005 by CRC Press LLC AU2211_C000.fm Page xiv Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:30 AM The Security Objectives of the Final Rule Did Not Change Substantially Privacy Rule Requirements for Security The Final HIPAA Security Rule Let’s Just Be Reasonable The Security Standards Changes to the Proposed Standards in the Final Rule Administrative . Creator of the first program on HIPAA skills certification and author of the number one book on HIPAA, Getting Started with HIPAA , Uday O. Ali Pabrai is a highly sought-after HIPAA consultant,. Number 2004046397 Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The HIPAA program reference handbook / Ross Leo, editor. p Golden, Herve Dedieu, and Krista Jacobsen ISBN: 0849319137 The HIPAA Program Reference Handbook Ross Leo ISBN: 0849322111 Implementing the IT Balanced Scorecard: Aligning IT with Corporate Strategy Jessica