The ADA is offering a downloadable electronic book to help dental offices comply with the enhanced privacy and security breach rules that are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
While the HIPAA requirements in maintaining privacy of patient health records remain the same, the steps that providers must take in the event of a breach of their security have changed. And significant fines are associated with noncompliance, the ADA noted.
Dentists can purchase the electronic book to help their dental offices comply with the new rules for responding to a breach. The book addresses breach notification in a user-friendly question-and-answer format and includes the following additional tools to help dental practices understand and prepare to implement breach notification compliance:
- Questions and answers about breach notification
- Breach notification flow chart
- Sample dental practice breach notification action list
- Sample breach notification policy and procedures
- Sample breach notification risk assessment worksheet
- Sample breach notification notice to individual
The electronic book, Guidance for Complying with the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, is free to ADA members and available to non-ADA members for $99.
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