HIPAA: Resources
The following resources can help you become and stay compliant with the Privacy and Security Rules under HIPAA’s (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Administration Simplification provisions.
General
Learn the latest news about HIPAA.
- HIPAA for
Professionals —U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Health Information
Privacy —HHS Office for Civil Rights
Privacy Rule
Find information related to protecting health information.
- The HIPAA Privacy
Rule —HHS - HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public
Health (PDF)—CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and HHS, 2003
Have a privacy question for HHS? Email ocrprivacy@
Security Rule
Find information about ensuring the confidentiality of electronic protected health information.
- Summary of the HIPAA Security
Rule —HHS - The Security
Rule —HHS - Security Rule Guidance
Material —HHS - NIST Computer Security Resource
Center —National Institute of Standards and Technology
HIPAA guidance material
Read documents and other guidance material related to HIPAA.
- Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information in Accordance with the HIPAA Privacy
Rule - HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, Proposed
Rule (PDF) ) (2011) - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Implement HITECH Act
Modifications - HITECH privacy
regulation (PDF) Begins on page 144) - Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information, Interim Final
Rule (PDF) (2009) - HITECH Act Enforcement Interim Final
Rule (2009) - Individuals’ Right Under HIPAA to Access their Health
Information (2016) - Joint Guidance on Application of HIPAA and FERPA to Student Health
Records (PDF) (2019 update) - HIPAA Guidance
Materials
State confidentiality laws
Find statutes related to HIPAA that are specific to the State of Wisconsin.
Mental health/AODA/DD
- State Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Developmental Disabilities, and Mental Health
Act —Wis. Stat. § 51.30 - Uses and disclosures of protected health
information —Wis. Stat. § 146.816 - Confidentiality of treatment
records —Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 92 - Patient Rights & Resolutions of
Grievances —Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 94
Medicaid
- Information about Medicaid assistance
beneficiaries —Wis. Stat. § 49.475 - General Medicaid
Administration —Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 108
Providers
- Miscellaneous Health Provisions (health care
records) —Wis. Stat. § 146.81-84 - Uses and disclosures of protected health
information —Wis. Stat. § 146.816 - Communicable Diseases – Restrictions on Use of HIV
Tests —Wis. Stat. § 252.15
Long-term care/family care
- Long-Term Care
(Confidentiality – Exchange of Information)—Wis. Stat. ch. 46 - Family Care (Confidentiality and Exchange of
Information) —Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 10
Other resources
Refer to these other HIPAA and Privacy resources.
- HIPAA
COW —HIPAA Collaborative of Wisconsin - Identity Theft
Protection —Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection - Privacy and
Security —Federal Trade Commission
Training resources
Take a training and learn more.
- HIPAA
101 —HIPAA Collaborative of Wisconsin - Health IT Privacy and Security Resources for
Providers —The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology