HIPAA Links

HIPAA Home Page
Department of Health and Human Service's (HHS) homepage for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ElectronicBillingEDITrans/18_HIPAA2.asp

Office of Civil Rights
Homepage for HHS's Office of Civil Rights, which oversees compliance with the HIPAA Privacy rule.
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

HIPAA Law & FAQs
HHS Web site for HIPAA law, regulations and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). This is an excellent starting point to learn about the basics of Administrative Simplification and specific legal requirements. You can also download the HIPAA regulations from this site.
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp

HIPAAdvisory
Excellent source of background information on the HIPAA rules including tips for compliance, employee training, and new updates on the HIPAA regulations.
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/

Analysis: HIPAA Privacy Rule
A section-by-section analysis of the HIPAA Privacy rule by Bricker and Eckler, LLP, for the Ohio State Medical Association.
http://www.bricker.com/hipaa/hipaaindex.asp

State Laws on Health Privacy
Health Privacy Project Web site, which contains detailed information on individual state laws on health privacy.
http://www.healthprivacy.org

Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov

HIPAA Security

Computer Security Resource Center
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC) contains a series of publications addressing computer information security.
http://www.csrc.nist.gov

Strategic National Implementation Process
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) Strategic National Implementation Process (SNIP) contains information on voluntary regional organizations that have been formed to address HIPAA issues.
http://www.snip.wedi.org

INFOSYSSEC
The Security Portal for Information System Security Professionals (INFOSYSSEC) Web site contains information and publications on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning.
http://www.infosyssec.net/infosyssec/buscon1.htm

The SANS Institute
The SANS Institute offers HIPAA Security books, security checklists, alerts, etc. (registration required).
http://www.sans.org