The HIPAA Compliance Kit: Understanding and Applying the Regulations in Psychotherapeutic Practice Book

Practitioner Zur gives psychotherapists primarily in solo, private practice methods to become compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act implemented in 2003. In a question-and-answer format, he covers the basics of the legislation at the federal level, records, access, consents, notes and releases under the privacy rule, the security and transaction rules, additional administrative requirements such as staff training and vulnerability issues, and procedures to follow to get information state by state. He includes forms to use and adapt in his text and on the accompanying CD-ROM. Distributed by W. W. Norton. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR