Managing HIPAA Compliance: Standards for Electronic Transmission, Privacy, and Security of Health Information E-Book
Scott C. Withrow, JD
ISBN 13: 978-1-56793-172-3
Ebook, 209 pp, 2001
Order code: WWW1-9142
Price: $20.00
This book will lead you through HIPAA requirements and help you develop an economical compliance program. It breaks HIPAA into three major parts: electronic transactions and code sets, privacy, and security. Each section explains its topic concisely, offers practical advice for dealing with HIPAA's thorny issues, and includes a list of action items that will guide you in implementing your HIPAA compliance program.
This book contains many sample forms and procedure documents that can be adapted for your organization, including:
Business associate agreement
Consent and authorization forms
Notice of privacy practices
Administrative security procedures
Physical security safeguards
Scott C. Withrow, JD is a founding partner of Withrow, McQuade & Olsen, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia. He has practiced healthcare and corporate law for 17 years for a variety of clients including hospitals, home health agencies, physicians and physician group practices, physician hospital organizations, physician practice management companies, consulting firms and cost containment companies. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Health Law Section and the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, and serves on the Editorial Board of Leader Publications' Health Care Fraud & Abuse Newsletter. Mr. Withrow wrote the book Managing Healthcare Compliance (Health Administration Press, 1999), which Doody's Rating Service designated as on of the top 250 healthcare books of the year.
"Scott Withrow's book is a welcome resource for people who struggle with the HIPAA law's complexity on a daily basis. It should be on the bookshelf of everyone who is involved in HIPAA implementation."
--J. Stuart Showalter, J.D.
Director of Compliance
Orlando Regional Healthcare System
