A covered entity is required to develop and implement policies and procedures appropriate to the entity's business practices and workforce that reasonably minimize the amount of protected health information used, disclosed, and requested;" - HIPAA Privacy Rule 45 CFR Part 160.
Following are the 51 policies, forms and procedures included in the HIPAA Privacy Policy & procedures template suite. The policies can be used by any covered entity. All policies are available in MS Word format and can be easily modified as per your requirements. Each template is presented in a standard format reflecting critical organizational functions to consider in HIPAA remediation.
These HIPAA policies cover all the major areas like:
- General policies regarding use and disclosure of PHI
- Minimum necessary rule for use and disclosure of PHI
- Patient rights regarding their own PHI
- Uses and disclosures not requiring patient authorization
- Special cases for restriction of uses and disclosures of PHI
- Organizational issues and safeguards
The templates suite includes following HIPAA Privacy policies and procedures.
- Accept Access Request
- Accounting for Disclosures
- Acknowledgement of Receipt
- Amendment to Record Form
- Authorization for Release of Information
- Authorization Form Release by Organization
- Authorization Form Release to Organization
- Avert Serious Threat to Safety
- Business Associate Contract
- Business Associate Contract Health Plan
- Complaint Process
- De-identified Information and Limited Data Sets
- Denial Access Request
- Denial Request to Amend Form
- Designated Record Set Example Provider
- Designated Record Set Health Plan
- Disclosure of Medical Information
- Disclosures Record Form
- Document Retention
- Employee Confidentiality Agreement
- General Release of PHI for TPO and Other Purposes
- Health Plan Notice of Privacy Practices
- HIPAA Accept Amend Request Form
- Minimum Necessary
- Multi-Organization Arrangements
- Notice of Privacy Practices
- Privacy Officer
- Release by Whistleblowers
- Release for Abuse Neglect or Domestic Violence
- Release for Confidential Communications
- Release for Fundraising Purposes
- Release for Judicial or Administrative Proceedings
- Release for Law Enforcement
- Release for Marketing Purposes
- Release for Research Purposes
- Release for Specific Government Functions
- Release for Workers Compensation
- Release of Information for Deceased Patients or Plan Members
- Release of Information for Legal Purposes
- Release of Information to a Minor
- Release of Information to a Minor's Parents
- Release of Information to Friends and Family Members
- Release of Psychotherapy Notes
- Release to Patient or Plan Member
- Request Confidential Communications Template
- Request for Amendment
- Request Restrictions
- Requests for Restriction
- Right to Object to Release for Certain Purposes
- Training Requirements
- Workforce Sanctions
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All the templates come in Microsoft Word/excel files so you can add, change and delete content as required to complete your HIPAA Privacy policies. If you have any questions, or if you wish to see samples from suite, please feel free to contact us at Bob@hipaacompliancesoftware.net or call on (515) 865-4591. | 
