Tunitas Group Services for HIPAA Covered Entities and Business
Associates
Regulations, Guidance Documents, and Other Information of
Note
The HITECH component of the Amercian Revinvestmnet and
Rehabilitaon Act of 2009 extends the HIPAA to business associates
CMS Issues Guidance On Compliance With HIPAA Transactions And Code Sets (7/24/03) download pdf
OCR Guidance on Research (4/3/03) download pdf
HIPAA and Public Health -- Guidance from CDC and HHS (4/3/03)
download
pdf
Consolidated Text of Final TCS and Privacy Rules. Use
track changes to turn on or off the modifications (8/14/02)
download
doc
List of OCR Addresses for filing privacy compliants download pdf
Articles and Presentations
General HIPAA Topics
Planning a HIPAA Compliance Program & Using PKI as a HIPAA Compliance
Tool
Overview of HIPAA proposed regulations and recommendations for current activity
leading to cost effective and productive compliance. Two Tunitas Group presentations at Vision SMS, the SMS Users' Conference,
Salt Lake City, April 4, 2000. download zipped powerpoint file
Tunitas Group Presentations on HIPAA compliance
The Tunitas Group has conducted a series of seminars in California
regarding the HIPAA mandated federal regulations for health information security and for healthcare transactions.
download zipped powerpoint files
HIPAA for Auditors
HIPAA has matured to the point that
organizations should be thinkking beyond 'assessement' to 'audit'. Tunitas Group presentation
on HIPAA to the San Francisco ISACA chapter. November 2008.
download pdf
Privacy Topics
HIPAA For Researchers
What researchers will need to know about requesting and obtaining
access to patient information after HIPAA -- February 2003. download powerpoint.
HIPAA For Physicians
What private practice physicians need to know.November 2002. download powerpoint.
HIPAA For California State Agencies and Departments
Tunitas Group briefing to the State of California Department of Health and Human Services -- February 2, 2001.
download zipped powerpoint.
Tunitas Presentation on HIPAA Privacy Rules
Zipped powerpoint files containing presentation materials for a recent
Tunitas Group seminar on the November 3, 1999 NPRM detailing proposed Medical Information Privacy Standards. The
presentation also includes information about the new State of California Medical Records' Confidentiality Act --
December 3, 1999.
download powerpoint.
Security Topics
HIPAA Implications for Information Security
A presentation on how HIPAA Security Rule influences
changes to infosec decisionmaking. Presentation at the Information Security Day at UCSF. November 12, 2003. Download pdf
HIPAA Implications for Wireless Security
An interpretation of the Final HIPAA Security Rule and its implications
for the use of wireless devices and networks in healthcare. Presentation at the InfoSec Conference sponsored by
the Information Systems Security Association Sacramento Valley Chapter. November 5, 2003. Download pdf
HIPAA Implications for Mobile Devices and Wireless Communications
Healthcare providers are attracted to the convenience of mobile access to patient information and decision support
applications that improve their patient care delivery processes. At the same time, federal privacy and security
regulations require healthcare organizations to increase their vigilance over access controls and information disclosure.
This presentation describes the HIPAA privacy and security regulations, discusses the implications for managing
patient information in a mobile environment, and identifies key areas of concern for medical application developers.
Presentation at the Certicom PKS2000 Conference, San Jose, September 19, 2000.
download ppt
Internet EDI
A Tunitas Group presentation to the Healthcare EDI Coalition Annual Meeting,
April 7-9, 1999. This presentation discusses two different methods for communicating X12 transactions securely
over the public Internet: i) EDIINT and ii) X12.58 security structures.
download ppt
Extranet Strategies
A Tunitas Group presentation to the National Managed Health Care Congress' Annual Convention, March 29-April 1, 1999 in Atlanta, GA. This presentation describes
how a MCO's extranet can be used in conjunction with the EDIINT recommendation and HTML forms to satisfy the HIPAA
EDI mandates and more. download ppt
HIPAA HISTORY
NPRM for Security Regs
Brief summary of the scope and requirements being proposed for security and electronic
signature -- August 17, 1998
Tunitas Comments on the Security NPRM
Critical comments submitted to HHS in response to Security NPRM -- October 13, 1998
NPRM for Security Regs - Detailed Notes
Basis for the Tunitas seminar on Regulation of Information Security under HIPAA. This
document contains links to existing and proposed legislation, HHS comments, and complementary healthcare security
standards -- October 10, 1998
Transaction Topics
Tunitas HIPAA Presentations
Zipped powerpoint files containing Tunitas Group presentation materials used during
the recent Tunitas Group seminars on HIPAA. Includes
both Transaction Standards and Security Standards.
December 7, 1998
NPRM for Transaction
Regs
Brief summary of the scope and requirements being proposed for electronic transaction
standards.
Tunitas Group Executive Summary
August 1, 1998
Federal Mandates Give Providers
An Upper Hand
Why providers should seriously consider taking another look at using EDI for their
communications with health plans.
Tunitas Group Editorial
August 1, 1998
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