{"id":3933,"date":"2016-03-01T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grafton.local\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2016-02-26T12:44:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T17:44:49","slug":"hippa-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grafton.org\/hippa-101\/","title":{"rendered":"HIPPA 101"},"content":{"rendered":"

Healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the country. One of the broadest and most comprehensive sets of Federal healthcare regulations in America today is broadly labeled as \u2018HIPAA\u2019. Every one of us knows about HIPAA by now. As healthcare consumers, we have all seen and signed those Notices of Privacy Practices forms wherever we receive healthcare services. As Grafton employees, we are subject to its provisions from the provider standpoint. <\/p>\n

HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), HITECH (the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health act), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights\u2019 final omnibus rule (Final Rule) have established many boundaries around the privacy and security of patient health information. For convenience, I will use HIPAA to refer to this whole set of regulations.
\nPatient health information took a new name under HIPAA and became Protected Health Information (PHI). PHI is not specific to electronic information and applies equally to written records, telephone conversations, etc. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, PHI includes data that relates to:<\/p>\n

\u2022\tthe individual\u2019s past, present or future physical or mental health or condition or
\n\u2022\tthe provision of health care to the individual or
\n\u2022\tthe past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to the individual<\/p>\n

\"Hipaa\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the provisions under HIPAA is that healthcare providers must appoint someone to be the Privacy Officer and someone to be the Security Officer, with the charge of ensuring that the organization complies with the Privacy and Security provisions in the regulations. At Grafton, and many other organizations, one individual combines those roles. Because HIPAA began with a focus strictly on electronic information, and as I was Grafton\u2019s Chief Information Officer, I assumed the dual role.<\/p>\n

In my next blog post, I\u2019d like to address some of the most common problem areas that I have seen in ensuring that we as employees adhere to HIPAA\u2019s provisions, provisions that may seem a nuisance sometimes. It may seem that way but if it was your own personal health information, I\u2019m sure you would want it to be kept as confidential as possible. I know I would. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the country. One of the broadest and most comprehensive sets of Federal healthcare regulations in America today is broadly labeled as \u2018HIPAA\u2019. Every one of us knows about HIPAA by now. As healthcare consumers, we have all seen and signed those Notices of Privacy Practices forms wherever we receive healthcare services. 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