HIPPA
HIPAA Checklist # Awareness & Education Not Started In Process Completed 1 Has your organization had any Awareness Education on HIPAA Regulations and Compliance? 2 Do you monitor or receive automated information regarding changes in HIPAA regulations (e.g. HIPAA-kit.com newsletter)? Project Planning 3 Have you selected a Project Manager and Project Team for your HIPAA Project? 4 Have you created a Project Plan? Electronic Transactions 5 Have you applied for the ACSA Electronic Transaction extension for your organization? 6 Have you completed an inventory of all information systems and work flow processes with regard to Electronic Transactions? 7 Have you compiled a list of vendors, health plans, business associates and trading partners? 8 Have you gathered, reviewed and compared your current billing forms, policies, and procedures to the HIPAA Electronic Claims Transaction and Code Set regulations? Privacy 9 Has your organization designated an Information Privacy and Security Officer as required by HIPAA? 10 Have you developed a Notice of Information Practices to post in your office and distribute to each patient? 11 Have you gathered, reviewed and compared your current forms, policies, and procedures to the HIPAA Privacy Regulations and State Privacy Regulations? 12 Have you developed policies and procedures that meet the needs of your Human Resources Department with regard to Privacy requirements for the protection of health information of your staff? 13 Have you developed processes for documenting, retention, distribution and discard of Protected Health Information (PHI) as required by HIPAA? 14 Have you developed processes for receiving, investigating and documenting individual complaints? 15 Have you developed or revised current consent forms for patients in line with HIPAA regulations? 16 Do you have all forms that must be read and signed by patients in languages appropriate to their culture?