HIPAA Fundamentals: A Simple Guide to Theory & Practice

Volume I

Volume I of this two part series gives you a basic overview of HIPAA in a user-friendly format. Our Medical Division presents the law's requirements in a practical, easy-to-understand manner for any size and type of provider. We explain why the law was passed, what its goals are and what you are required to do to meet those goals. The deadlines for implementation - which are a key part of HIPAA - are highlighted and explained thoroughly. The first volume also offers simple strategies to put effective compliance in place, educate your colleagues and assess business impact. It reassures you that HIPAA is not as complex as it seems but that it does have implications for every area in your organization. Volume I is crucial to your efforts to understand this important and historic law.

Volume II

If Volume I answers "what" and “why”, Volume II answers "who", "when" and "how". It explains who needs to be involved in HIPAA implementation, his or her role in timing and implementation deadlines and how it all can be accomplished in a time-saving and cost effective way. We provide you with simple tips, tools, forms and checklists for developing and organizing comprehensive documentation that supports compliance. Volume II, like its companion, demonstrates that it is neither difficult nor painful and in some cases, when presented to staff effectively, can even be fun! With our simple and practical tools, you will no longer fear HIPAA. Instead, in a matter of hours, you will be well on the way to making your organization fully compliant.