The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a US law which affects most organizations receiving federal funding or storing medical records. In 2003, stricter patient privacy rules went into effect, with stiff penalties for any breach of confidentiality. As the penalties for even a single breach of confidentiality can be extremely damaging, strict security policies are ... [MORE] 1. Cygnus Security Corporation - New York full service computer integrator, Information Technology and Security Solutions, specializing in Hipaa Compliance Services 2. HIPAAcoach - Offers online employee training solutions for HIPAA compliance. 3. Understanding HIPAA - Offers a series of HIPAA related products and services. 4. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Responsible for implementing various unrelated provisions of HIPAA, therefore HIPAA may mean different things to different people. Includes a directory of CMS's business activities with regard to HIPAA. 5. Department of Health & Human Services - HIPAA - The official central governmental hub for all HIPAA issues including rules, standards and implementation guides. 6. HIPAA Administrative Simplification - The official source for information about the Administrative Simplification portions of HIPAA. 7. HIPAA Full Text - The complete reference text of HIPAA in direct browsable format. From LegalArchiver.org. 8. HIPAA Secure Email - Secure Gateway - SafetySend.com - HIPAA compliant software solutions such as secure email, secure gateway, and HIPAA compliance information. 9. HIPAA Security Policy Development: A Collaborative Approach - The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), enacted on August 21, 1996 as Public Law 104-191, authorized the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop security standards to prevent inadvertent or intentional unauthorized use or disclosure of any health information that is electronically maintained or used in an electronic transmission. 10. HIPAA.org - The law, identifiers, transactions, enforcement, security, privacy, code sets, industry discussion/collaboration, and other resources. 11. HIPAAnswers - Web-based subscription service which assists with HIPAA compliance. 12. Joint Council on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) - Since 1951, the Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 17,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, JCAHO is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.

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