Get familiar with HIPAA now
Protecting the privacy of your patients medical records may seem fairly simple. Not so under the governments new information privacy standards for all health care providers, including therapists. Although the complicated rules wont be mandatory until 2003, youll want to become familiar with them now.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) covers all health information, including electronic records, oral communication, and paper records. The final rule was released in December.
The rules also give patients m
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