Presents practical recommendations for reaching and maintaining
HIPAA compliance Contains contributed articles from HIPAA
experts-consultants, employees of covered entities, and members of
the standards bodies-who have worked first-hand with the standards
and requirements Covers HIPAA program fundamentals including Due
Diligence, workforce education, issues analysis, and internal
control structures and requirements Addresses the standards of
performance, execution, and due care that must be met to establish
compliance Management and IT professionals in the healthcare arena
face the fear of the unknown: they fear that their massive efforts
to comply with HIPAA requirements may not be enough, because they
still do not know how compliance will be tested and measured. No
one has been able to clearly explain to them the ramifications of
HIPAA. Until now. The HIPAA Program Reference Handbook explains all
aspects of HIPAA including system design, implementation,
compliance, liability, transactions, security, and privacy,
focusing on pragmatic action instead of theoretic approaches. The
book is organized into five parts. The first discusses programs and
processes, covering program design and implementation, a review of
legislation, human dynamics, the roles of Chief Privacy and Chief
Security Officers, and many other foundational issues. The Handbook
continues by analyzing product policy, technology, and process
standards, and what entities need to do to reach compliance. It
then focuses on HIPAA legal impacts, including liability associated
with senior management and staff within an organization. A section
on transactions and interactions discusses the intricacies of the
transaction types, standards, methods, and implementations required
by HIPAA, covering the flow of payments and patient information
among healthcare and service providers, payers, agencies, and other
organizations. The book concludes with a discussion of security and
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