Getting Started with HIPAA

(by Uday O. Ali Pabrai)

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) touches every aspect of the healthcare industry. Organizations must meet the government established requirements or face severe penalties. "Getting Started with HIPAA" is a practical and solutions-oriented text that presents HIPAA?s broad scope of guidelines in a clear and concise manner. It is a highly informative guide that is ideal for future reference. Once finished, you?ll feel confident with your knowledge of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification legislation. It will bring you to a complete understanding of HIPAA legislation and its impact, changes that impact patient and medical records, requirements for privacy of patient and payment information, and much more!

HIPAA in Daily Practice

(by Charles Dinkins, Allan Gilbreath)

"As health care becomes more complex, the interplay between the law and health care increases..."

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed into law by the U.S Congress and now impacts virtually every aspect of the healthcare industry.

HIPAA provides a uniform set of requirements for Electronic Transactions, Identifiers, Privacy, and Security.

This book is designed to quickly and easily answer questions about how to implement the HIPAA requirements into daily practice. This is a must have resource for anyone working in medicine today.

The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance

(by Kevin Beaver, Rebecca Herold)

"HIPAA is a very well-known acronym in the healthcare industry these days..."

HIPAA is very complex. So are the privacy and security initiatives that must occur to reach and maintain HIPAA compliance. Organizations need a quick, concise reference in order to meet HIPAA requirements and maintain ongoing compliance. The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance is a one-stop resource for real-world HIPAA privacy and security advice that you can immediately apply to your organization's unique situation. This how-to reference explains what HIPAA is about, what it requires, and what you can do to achieve and maintain compliance. It describes the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and compliance tasks in easy-to-understand language, focusing not on technical jargon, but on what you need to do to meet requirements. IT managers, CIOs, consultants, security professionals, office managers, physicians and anyone else preparing an organization for HIPAA will receive expert guidance on requirements and other commonly-discussed topics. Everyone will be affected by HIPAA; this book enables you to determine how HIPAA will impact you regardless of whether your business or organization is a HIPAA Covered Entity.

The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance

(by Kevin Beaver and Rebecca Herold)

The book's main strength is its abundant and varied content. It thoroughly describes the main provisions of HIPAA's security and privacy requirements using actual language from the legislation interspersed with the authors' commentary. This formathelpfully guides readers through the labyrinthine HIPAA requirements.
Scott Forbes, Microsoft

Rebecca and Kevin have compiled a wealth of knowledge in an easy-to-read, conversational style. This book is packed with useful facts and practical tips that grabs and keeps your attention as though you are listening to the authors in your own living room. The astute reader will keep a pad of paper and a pile of 'sticky notes' handy. You will no doubt come back to this valuable resource over and over again!
Michael J. Corby, CCP, CISSP, President and CEO, M. Corby & Associates, Inc.

This is a very comprehensive view of HIPAA privacy and security compliance which provides a pragmatic, step by step methodology for understanding and complying with the regulation. The practical checklists, the quizzes which
can be used in HIPAA awareness programs, and the pointers to valuable resources are all added benefits.
Micki Krause, CISSP, Chief Information Security Officer, Pacific Life Insurance