Getting Ready for HIPAA - Basic Elements for Compliance with Privacy Regulations

The Massachusetts Medical Society's Department of Health Policy/Health Systems and the Office of the General Counsel have developed a guide to assist you and your practice in "Getting Ready for HIPAA - Basic Elements for Compliance with Privacy Regulations". This is the latest version of the guidebook, published in December 2002.

Included in this guidebook are checklists to assess and begin your HIPAA compliance efforts, pointers for drafting your HIPAA documents, and model language, forms and resources for implementing HIPAA.

Download "Getting Ready for HIPAA - Basic Elements for Compliance with Privacy Regulations" (.pdf, 216 KB, 58 pages)