Welcome
Many local government agencies throughout North
Carolina - including health departments, area
mental health authorities, emergency medical services
departments and most departments of social services
agencies - must come into compliance with a sweeping
new federal medical privacy law by April 2003
(commonly referred to as the "HIPAA privacy
rule"). This website, offered by the UNC
Institute of Government (IOG), is designed to
provide support to these local government agencies
as they work towards implementing the HIPAA privacy
rule.
Background
This area briefly
summarizes the origin and purposes of the Administrative
Simplification regulations published by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services under
the authority granted by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). |
| Resources
This area includes
papers, outlines and other materials prepared
by IOG faculty members, as well as links to the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and
other useful websites. Most of these materials
were developed by faculty members in connection
with a specific training session offered in the
past. |
| FAQs
Many local government
agencies are encountering the same problems and
concerns. This area includes responses IOG faculty
members to several frequently asked questions. |
| Listserv
This area allows
any member of the public to subscribe to the medicalprivacy
listserv. This listserv is intended to provide
an opportunity for local government officials
to discuss HIPAA-related issues throughout the
compliance process. |
| Contacts
This area includes
contact information for IOG faculty members with
expertise in the HIPAA privacy rule. |
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