An Overview of Online and Print Resources Available to HIPAA Professionals Presented by: Jillian Harrington Kuruc, MHA, CPC, CCS-P Manager of Product Development - Ingenix, Inc.

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Disclaimer The presenter is in no way advising on the quality of the products shown in this presentation, nor are they promoting any certain products over others. The purpose of the presentation is to show the wide range of products available to HIPAA professionals, both free of charge, and available for purchase.

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Presentation Format  This is meant to be an interactive presentation  Please feel free to share with the group  Helpful comments on sites we’re visiting  Additional sites/publications  ‘Your’ sites  Keep in mind – it’s not possible for one person to have visited every HIPAA resource  A collaborative effort will go a long way, and we’ll keep building upon this ‘list’ of resources to share with future audiences

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Agenda  The ‘Wide World of HIPAA’  Online Resources  ‘Official’/Governmental  HIPAA Workgroups/Covered Entities  Professional Organizations  Consulting Firms/Publishers/Vendors  Miscellaneous  Print Resources  ‘Official’/Governmental  Freebies  For purchase  Wrap-up/Questions and Answers

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. “Wide World of HIPAA”  HIPAA is BIG BUSINESS  Google Search for ‘HIPAA’  2,020,000 hits  Google Search for ‘HIPAA Resources’  620,000 hits  10+ ‘Sponsored Links’  How do you sort it out?  What’s official, and what’s opinion?  Let’s take a look…

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Online Resources  Vast amount of information on HIPAA can be found on the Internet  Four main source categories  “Official” or Governmental  HIPAA Workgroups  Professional Organizations  Consulting Firms  Miscellaneous category

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. “Official”/Governmental Resources  Federal Register Access – All Regulatory Information   Department of Health and Human Services - General   CMS – General   Office of Civil Rights – Privacy   Transactions and Code Sets   CMS ASET   Implementation Guides

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. “Official”/Governmental Resources Additional Helpful Sites  Health Level Seven   National Uniform Claim Committee   National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics   National Council for Prescription Drug Programs   HIPAA Information from the NIH   Tricare 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Additional “Official” Sites  American National Standards Institute   Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange   HCPCS Site (CMS)   ICD Sites  CDC – National Center for Health Statistics   CMS   CPT Site (AMA) 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. HIPAA Workgroups  North Carolina   Pennsylvania   Minnesota  ents/pub/DHS_id_ hcsp ents/pub/DHS_id_ hcsp  New York   Kansas   North Dakota Pharmaceutical Association 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. HIPAA Workgroups/Covered Entities  Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission   Electronic Privacy Information Center   University of California   University of Kansas   Medical College of Ohio 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Professional Organizations  International Association of Privacy Officials   American Health Information Management Association   Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society   College of Healthcare Information Management Executives   American Medical Informatics Society   Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance   Information Systems Security Association 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Professional Organizations  Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions   Rx2000 Institute – HIPAA Information   Association of American Medical Colleges   American Medical Association   American Academy of Family Physicians   American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists  etin= etin=1764  Pharmacist.com – APhA & NABP 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Professional Organizations  American Academy of Professional Coders   Medical Group Management Association   American Health Lawyers Association   Health Care Compliance Association   Healthcare Financial Management Association   American College of Healthcare Executives   American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Consulting Firms/Publishing Companies/ Vendors  Phoenix Health Systems   Claredi   Edifecs   HCPro   Healthcare Intelligence Network   Beacon Partners   ProxyMed 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Consulting Firms/Publishing Companies/ Vendors   (Choose HIPAA option, right side of screen)             

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Miscellaneous  Weblog for HIPAA?? Sure!   HealthHIPPO’s HIPAA Page  F%2Fhippo.findlaw.com%2Fhipaa.html F%2Fhippo.findlaw.com%2Fhipaa.html  Listservs  Too many to list…  Good ones  HHS Listservs –  WEDI/SNIP -  HIPAALive -  AHIMA CoP forums -

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Print Resources  Many, many options  Focus on ‘freebies’, but also cover briefly publishing companies and vendors  “Official”/Governmental  Freebies  For purchase

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. “Official”/Governmental Print Resources  Regulations – available through the Government Printing Office   Guidance documents - OCR  CMS Educational Material  ctions ctions  Implementation Guides- Washington Publishing Company   National Institute of Standards and Technology  

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. “Freebies”  HIPAA Whitepapers      Website downloads (governmental, etc)  Magazines  Advance for HIM   Advance for Health Information Executives   For The Record 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. For Purchase  Healthcare Intelligence Network   Amazon.com – search on HIPAA   Phoenix Health Systems   Decision Health   American Medical Association   Ingenix, Inc. 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. For Purchase  AIS Health   HCPro   Medical Management Institute   AHIMA   eBay??? 

© 2004 Ingenix, Inc. Wrap-up  Obviously, number of HIPAA resources available is incredible!  Be wary – check before you buy  Don’t believe everything you read on the internet or in a listserv  What resources do you like to use??

An Overview of Online and Print Resources Available to HIPAA Professionals Presented by: Jillian Harrington Kuruc, MHA, CPC, CCS-P Manager of Product Development - Ingenix, Inc.