HIPAA and Your Job

The HIPAA legislation is wide-reaching and often complex.  Don’t allow all the requirements and rules overwhelm you.  To learn more, use the Internet to access the links provided.  If you are an employee, talk to your employer about HIPAA and what it means for you.  If you are self-employed, talk to your business associates and customers about HIPAA. Remember HIPAA is designed to save you money and time and make everyone’s life easier in the long run!

Further Information
For more information about HIPAA, check out these web sites.  
Remember that the web addresses change often
Phoenix Health Systems
Phoenix Health Systems has set up the comprehensive and well-organized web site about HIPAA, with links to the regulations themselves. You can also find up-to date news articles and commentaries. www.hipaadvisory.com

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
The AHIMA web site has a tremendous amount of information (including a number of HIPAA-related journal articles, checklists and the like) about HIPAA regulations.
www.ahima.org

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
CMS is the U.S. government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).  There is also information specifically about HIPAA including the complete text of the regulations and other important links.
www.cms.gov
www.cms.gov/hipaa

Understanding the Federal Regulations:

Notice:  Whenever under this Agreement one Party is required to give notice to the other, such notice shall be deemed given if mailed by First Class United States mail or by Express Courier, Postage prepaid, to such Party’s address as given below, and/or via facsimile to the facsimile telephone number listed below:

Business Associate:                    Covered Entity:
Attention:                                    Attention:
Fax:                                            Fax:

Each party may at any time change its address and that of its representative for notice by giving notice thereof in the manner provided above.

Headings: The headings of this Agreement are included for ease of reference only and shall not enter into the interpretations of this Agreement.

Counterparts:  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original.  Facsimile copies of this Agreement shall be deemed to be originals.

In Witness Whereof, each of the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf effective as of _________________,20__.

    Business Associate                Covered Entity
    By:______________________            By:_________________________
    Print Name:_______________            Print Name:__________________
    Print Title:_________________           Print Title:____________________
    Date:_____________________           Date:_________________________

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