HIPAA 101 For Long Term Care Facilities - Resident Rights and Privacy Rule

HIPAA stands for: The
Well being Insurance coverage
Portability
and
Accountability
Act HIPAA is a regulation enacted by the U.S. Congress to guard resident's privateness. This regulation places strict limits on who's allowed to see a resident's well being info and who cannot. HIPAA is a "RESIDENT'S RIGHTS" regulation. HIPAA units nationwide requirements that each one our long-term care services, hospitals, clinics, physician's places of work and Insurance Plans to comply with. THE PRIVACY RULE The Privateness Rule is all about who will get entry to a resident's well being info and who would not. The Privateness Rule means each resident has sure rights corresponding to:

The precise to entry, examine, copy, and request adjustments to your medical data;
- The precise to say who sees your medical data and who would not
- The precise to request a listing of precisely who has seen your medical data;
- The precise to confidential communication about your well being;
- The precise to understand how your well being info might be used and disclosed;
- The precise to complain, both to us or to the Division of Well being and Human Providers about the best way by which your well being info has been used or disclosed.

Protected Well being Info P.H.I. is any details about a resident's situation, therapy and cost. P.H.I. contains: Medical Information - printed and on pc, Arm Bracelets, Pharmacy Orders, Conversations a couple of resident's well being, Dietary Playing cards, IV Baggage and Meds, Fee and Insurance coverage Information. Beneath HIPAA, you'll be able to share P.H.I. for 3 functions:

Therapy
2. Fee
3. Operations

HIPAA fines and penalties are severe... together with jail phrases and big fines. Non-Compliance with necessities - $100 per violation to a most of $25,000 per requirement per yr. In the meanwhile, there are 80+ necessities (and counting). HIPAA is regulation throughout the nation. All well being staff need to implement these new rules by April 14th of 2003. As part of any facility's employees, a part of your job is to verify resident info stays confidential and safe.