Our Risk Management Department is staffed by experienced professionals with legal and clinical backgrounds.

This combination provides our client with assistance from staff who have a thorough understanding of both the clinical situation and the legal issues and their implications. Our programs and services include:
 · Risk identification
 · Risk reduction
 · Loss prevention
 · Risk management education

We identify and implement sound risk management services to help you avoid potential incidents and lawsuits.

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The Psychiatrists' Program
1515 Wilson Blvd, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22209-2404
(800) 245-3333
TheProgram@prms.com

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Do You Know Enough About HIPAA?
To help you learn how HIPAA affects you, The Psychiatrists' Program offers the following ways to make you more familiar with these new regulations.

Business Associate Agreement with PRMS (Participants Only; must log in)

NEW: HITECH and HIPAA - What You Need to Know

Security Rule Resources 
 

1. Facts and Figures

• HIPAA Diagram
• HIPAA Resources
• Article: How to Handle HIPAA Hype
• Top Ten HIPAA Myths
• HIPAA Resource Manual (including model forms) (Participants Only; must log in)
• HIPAA Resources by State including Resources for Preemption Analysis
    of State Law

• HIPAA Fact Sheet
• How to determine if you are covered
• HIPAA Security education materials
• OCR Guidelines Explaining Significant Aspects of Privacy Rule
• FAQs about the Privacy Rule
• OCR now has Privacy Rule Listserv available
• OCR Contact Information
• Privacy Rule enforcement
• Summary of HIPAA Privacy Rule
• How to File a Health Information Privacy Complaint with OCR
• HIPAA and Health Information Technology
• HIPAA and Research
• HIPAA and FERPA
• CDC and HHS Issue New Guidance About the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health
• HIPAA and Substance Abuse Treatment
• HIPAA and HIV Treatment
• HIPAA and Genetic Information
• HIPAA and Disclosures in Emergencies
• HIPAA and Emergency Planning
• Disposal of PHI
• Family Medical History Information
• Communicating with Others Involved in Patient's Care

• 7/14/10: HHS publishes Notice of Proposed Rule Making re: HITECH modifications to   HIPAA regulations
• 8/24/09: HHA issues HITECH Breach Notification Interim Final Rule
• 7/27/09: HHS designates Regional Office Privacy Advisors
• 7/27/09: HHS Secretary tranfers Security Rule enforcement authority from CMS to OCR
• 4/17/09: HHS issues HITECH Breach Notification Guidance
• 2/17/09: HITECH Act enacted as Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvenstment   Act of 2009
• 4/18/08: Do Patients Have Access to Therapy or Personal Notes?
• 2/16/06: Enforcement of the Administrative Simplification Regulations - Final Rule
• 9/23/05: Claims Attachment Standards - CMS published a new proposed rule for   electronic claims attachments
• 2/28/03: HHS Adopts Final Security Standards, Transaction Modifications For Electronic   Health Information Under HIPAA  
• 2/10/03: Watch for States to Impose Privacy Rule Requirements (updated 9/2003)
• 12/27/01: Administrative Simplification Compliance Act Signed