Additional HIPAA Reference Materials may be accessed on the left side menu and downloaded in Microsoft Word .DOC format and Adobe PDF format using the links below.
Individual HIPAA requirements cross-referenced to regulations and to gap analysis activities.
A listing of key HIPAA terminology and their definitions.
De-identification of Protected Health Information Guidance
2012 Guidance from the Office of Civil Rights on methods to de-identify PHI.
45 CFR Parts 160 and 164 Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rule
HHS Source Material section- Original Department of Health and Human Services documents from the Federal Register and other helpful reference materials.
HIPAA Business Associate Decision Tree
A decision tree created by the Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange’s Privacy and Security Workgroup to assist in determining if an entity is a business associate.
Formatted Regulations – Searchable “userfriendly”version of the HIPAA privacy and security regulations.
The HIPAA Security Rule.
The office of Civil Rights established Privacy Audit Protocol containing the requirements that are assessed through OCR performance audits as of July 2012.
The office of Civil Rights established Security Audit Protocol containing the requirements that are assessed through OCR performance audits as of July 2012.