1. Table of Contents

2. Lessons 1. Introduction to HIPAA Go Go 2. The Privacy Rule Go Go

3. Table of Contents  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ◦ Protects patients and their personal information

4. Table of Contents  Purposes of HIPAA

5. Table of Contents  Privacy of Health Information  The Privacy Rule

6. Table of Contents  Security of Electronic Records  The Security Rule

7. Table of Contents  Security Rule Safeguards

8. Table of Contents  Administrative Simplification  Transaction and Code Set Rule ◦ Standardized medical transactions and codes

9. Table of Contents  Insurance Portability ◦ Continuous coverage for people when they change or lose a job

10. Table of Contents  The Privacy Rule ◦ Protect private patient information

11. Table of Contents  Privacy Terms

12. Table of Contents  Authorization ◦ Permission given in order to share health information

13. Table of Contents  Patient rights ◦ Right to Notice of Privacy Practices ◦ Right to request restrictions on certain uses of protected health information ◦ Right to request confidential communications

14. Table of Contents  Patient rights ◦ Right to access a copy of protected health information ◦ Right to request an amendment of health information ◦ Right to receive an accounting of the sharing of health information

15. Table of Contents  Medical facility responsibilities  Release of Information

16. Table of Contents  Disclosure without authorization ◦ Disclosure allowed without authorization