HIPAA Cliff Note

This HIPAA Compliance program is for:
HIPAA for I/DD Providers
HIPAA for Residential Services
HIPAA for Autism Providers
HIPAA for Epilepsy Providers
HIPAA for long-term care

Are you prepared? Design an emergency preparedness plan!

At the recent annual conference of the Association of Professional Developmental Disability Administrators (APDDA), we had the pleasure of hearing from administrators from facilities in Corpus Christi and San Antonio, Texas and Miami, Florida who spoke about their experiences preparing for and recovering from Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma last fall. Part of building an […]

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Cliff Note: How long to keep these privacy records

Since federal privacy rules require lots of documentation, a frequently asked question is:  How long do we have to keep all the documents that accumulate as a result of compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? The answer:  Six years — and that means six years after the date of a document’s

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Cliff Note: What is Private Health Information?

That is one of the first questions that comes up about Private Health information, often referred to as PHI.  Just what do we mean by PHI? Here’s the short answer from the Feds: PHI includes any individually identifiable health information held or transmitted by an organization required to follow HIPAA rules.  Organizations required to protect

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