HIPAA for intellectual disabilities

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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Feds send a message via one county agency

In one of the HIPAA cases most relevant to the I/DD-Residential  sector, a county agency delivering health services to low-income people settled a potential breach by paying out $215,000 to the Feds.  The agency serves a rural population of about 120,000 in Skagit County, Washington —  where nearly 18 percent of the people live below the

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