The HIPAA Privacy Compliance Resource Manual for Group Health Plans-ANCOR Edition

Submitted by mpjones@ancor.org on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 3:48pm

Many employers—including private providers—sponsor a group health plan. A group health plan is defined as an employee welfare benefit plan established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization. A private provider may be a HIPAA-covered health plan if—as an employer—they sponsor a self-insured or fully-insured group health plan offering medical, dental, and/or vision benefits, health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) and/or cafeteria plans.

Your organization may need to comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule if:

·  Your organization sponsors a group health plan* for your employees or their dependents, (remember, a group health plan is an employee welfare benefit plan established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization.)

AND

·  Your plan has 50 or more participants; or

·  Is administered by a third-party.

If your organization is a group health plan, the HIPAA Privacy Compliance Manual for Group Health Plans-ANCOR Edition is available to assist your organization in its HIPAA Privacy compliance efforts.

From John Gilliand, Esq., author of the popular ANCOR HIPAA Privacy Compliance Resource Manual for Private Providers, the Resource Manual for Group Health Plans will assist private providers who are also HIPAA-covered group health plans in understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule and its application to group health plans, and in preparing the required privacy policies, notice of privacy practices, and necessary forms for HIPAA privacy compliance. This Resource Manual is modeled after the Manual for Private Providers but is completely revised and adapted to reflect compliance requirements for group health plans.

                  What Do You Get? Your purchase includes:

  • · Manual with over 400 pages, including an introduction to the Privacy Rule and how to use the template forms;
  • · Template privacy policies for group health plans;
  • · Templates Notice of Privacy Practices;
  • · Templates for over 30 forms that may be needed by a group health plan;
  • · A CD-ROM with all the templates (in Microsoft Word and WordPerfect)—

   no retyping required!