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Our
Risk Management Department is staffed by experienced
professionals with legal and clinical backgrounds.
This combination provides our client with assistance
from staff who have a thorough understanding of
both the clinical situation and the legal issues
and their implications. Our programs and services
include:
· Risk identification
· Risk reduction
· Loss prevention
· Risk management education
We identify and implement sound risk management
services to help you avoid potential incidents
and lawsuits.
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HIPAA Resources
Health
and Human Services
- Office
For Civil Rights: (responsible for interpretation, implementation,
and enforcement of the Privacy Rule); access to the Privacy
Rule Regulation, the Guidance document, and the Final Modifications:
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HHS'
Office for Civil Rights web site
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Helpline: 1-866-627-7748
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TTY: 1-866-788-4989
- To
obtain a copy of the Privacy Rule Regulation, published
in the Federal Register, Vol. 65, No. 250, Thursday, December
28, 2000) and the Final Modifications to the Privacy Rule
(published in the Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 157, Wednesday,
August 14, 2002):
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Download document at no charge from HHS’
Office for Civil Rights web site
• Order document from Government Printing Office
for a fee:
- Phone: 202-512-1800
- Fax: 202-512-2250
- Mail: Superintendent of Documents
P.O. Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
Other
Useful Web Sites
•
American
Psychiatric Association
APA Documents:
- Psychotherapy Notes Provision of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule
Resource Document; Document Reference No. 200201.
- Minimum
Necessary Guidelines for Third-Party Payers for Psychiatric
Treatment -- Position Statement; Document Reference
No. 200108.
- Documentation of Psychotherapy by Psychiatrists --
Resource Document; Document Resource No. 200202.
•
American
Medical Association
• American
Hospital Association
• American
Health Information Management Association
• Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Georgetown
University's Health Privacy Project
• Workgroup
on Electronic Data Exchange (WEDI) and Strategic National
Implementation Process (SNIP)
State
Resources
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State Medical Association
• State Hospital Association
• State Department of Mental Health
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