HIPAA - Archive of Privacy and Security Standards Resources
Privacy Archive
- Hospital Highlights: HHS Releases Final HIPAA Enforcement Rule (2/24/06) (Members Only)
- Final HIPAA Enforcement Rule (2/16/06)
- Updated NEMA Business Associate Sample Contract Language (November 2004)
- GAO report on First Year Experiences under the Federal Privacy Rule (September 2004)
- First criminal conviction for HIPAA privacy violation (8/19/04)
- AHA Annual Meeting Paper: Reducing Regulatory Burdens (May 2004)
- Proposals to Lessen Paperwork Burden of the HIPAA Accounting for Disclosures Requirement (6/13/03)
- HIPAA Enforcement Rule - Part 1 (4/17/03)
- Highlights for Hospitals - HHS Issues Enforcement Rule for HIPAA Regulations (4/16/03) (Members Only)
- Patient Authorization to Disclosure PHI: A Checklist of Elements Required for HIPAA Compliance (05/09/03)
- HIPAA Privacy Standards - An executive briefing for CEOs and Other Health Care Leaders (January 2003) (Members Only)
- American Cancer Society obtains clarification about application of the HIPAA medical privacy rule to ACS services (3/28/03)
- AHA Annual Meeting Paper: Promises under pressure: HIPAA - Ensuring Privacy, Security and Administrative Simplification (May 2003)
- Media Toolkit
- Fundraising Post-HIPAA
- Frequently Asked Questions about Provider-Manufacturer Relations under HIPAA
- Conducting patient satisfaction surveys
- An explanation of the ways the HIPAA privacy rules accommodate the requirements under EMTALA
- Highlights for Hospitals - HHS' New Guidance on the HIPAA Medical Privacy Rule (Members Only) (12/6/02)
- Final Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Business Associate Agreements - A Checklist of Required and Optional Elements (Attachment to AHA Legal Advisory ) (Members Only) (10/23/02)
- Final Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Business Associate Agreements - Redlined Version of the HHS Sample Provisions (Supplement to AHA Legal Advisory) (Members Only) (10/23/02)
- Final Changes to the Privacy Rule (8/14/02)
- Cost Implications of the Privacy Rule
- FCG revised cost projections in light of the release of the final privacy rule in December 2000.
- See the earlier December 2000 Cost Study Report based on the proposed rule that was prepared for AHA by First Consulting Group (FCG).