The HIPAA Roadmap for Business Associates is a turnkey HIPAA/HITECH compliance program for small to medium-size business associates. The HIPAA Roadmap will lead you step-by-step through the tasks needed to comply with the HIPAA Security Rule, the Breach Notification Rule and relevant provisions of the Privacy Rule. 120 pages, including the Security Official job description; checklists and forms for performing security assessment; manual containing the policies needed to comply with the Security Rule; breach notification policy; business associate agreement amendment; training presentation,...

The HIPAA Roadmap for Ambulatory Care is a step-by-step guide to HIPAA/HITECH compliance for health care providers, with emphasis on changes to policies, procedures and forms required under HITECH and the Omnibus Final Rule. HIPAA covered entities will need to comply with the new rules prior to September 23, 2013. The HIPAA Roadmap for Ambulatory Care is designed to provide physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, therapy providers, and other outpatient providers make the necessary changes to their HIPAA policies and forms in a thorough and efficient manner. The HIPAA Roadmap for...

A guide to health insurance and the Affordable Care Act for consumers. This book describes the health reform provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including essential health benefits, the health care exchanges, and premium subsidies available for certain individuals. The book also describes the main features of health insurance plans in the U.S., including characteristics of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and preferred provider organizations (PPOs), and typical cost-sharing mechanisms, including deductibles, coinsurance and copayments. Practical examples of the operation of...