General HIPAA Compliance Policy Template

Description

The General HIPAA Compliance Policy Template is an essential asset for healthcare organizations that need to stay up-to-date and in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Our comprehensive policy covers all bases, ensuring that all personnel of a covered entity can comply with the rules and regulations of this important legislation.

Our policy template helps you maintain best practices, protect patient data and avoid costly fines. With our easy-to-understand language, your organization will be able to quickly grasp the importance of this critical compliance requirement.

SAMPLE TEXT:ENTITY NAME has adopted this General HIPAA Compliance Policy in order to recognize the requirement to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (“HITECH”) Act of 2009 (Title XIII of division A and Title IV of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act “ARRA”) and the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule (Effective Date: March 26, 2013). We acknowledge that full compliance with the HIPAA Final Rule is required by or before September 23, 2013.

ENTITY NAME hereby acknowledges our duty and responsibility to protect the privacy and security of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“IIHI”) generally, and Protected Health Information (“PHI”) as defined in the HIPAA Regulations, under the regulations implementing HIPAA, other federal and state laws protecting the confidentiality of personal information, and under principles of general and professional ethics. We also acknowledge our duty and responsibility to support and facilitate the timely and unimpeded flow of health information for lawful and appropriate purposes.