HIPAA Toolbox, 2nd edition
Robert M. Tennant, MA, and Aaron N. Krupp, JD

This step-by-step guide to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) provides historical background, answers concerns about compliance and presents privacy regulations in an easy-to-understand format.

The tools explain the rules and give directions on assessment, implementation and ongoing issues. Three separate volumes come in a durable three-ring binder. Use them separately or together to ensure that your practice's policies comply with HIPAA in a way that will be understood throughout your organization and by your trading partners.

The CD included with the HIPAA Toolbox provides customizable sample forms, agreements and notices to implement HIPAA requirements appropriately within your organization.

Here's what you'll find inside:

• Tool One: HIPAA Background, Provisions and Glossary
• Tool Two: Standards for Electronic Transactions and Code Sets, includes a Q&A from the Department of Health and Human Services, readiness checklists and a list of online resources
• Tool Three: Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, includes compliance instructions, online resources, a glossary, and customizable model forms and policies, including a privacy officer job description

The CD includes:

• HIPAA glossary
• Online resources for electronic transactions and code sets
• HIPAA readiness and usage checklists:
1. Electronic transactions and code sets
2. Working with your software vendor(s)
3. Working with your major health plans
• Online resources for privacy regulations
• Model privacy forms
1. Business associate contract
2. Notice of privacy practices
3. Acknowledgment of notice
4. Authorization form