OCR provides privacy resources for small providers
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, August 1, 2003
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Small providers can now find the answers to their HIPAA privacy questions on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Web site. OCR published a Web page July 23 with links and guidance documents specifically targeted at small providers and other small businesses covered by HIPAA's privacy rule.
Resources include the following:
- Summary of the privacy rule
- Frequently asked questions
- Sample business associate contract provisions
- Decision tool for determining covered entity status
- Guidance documents on business associates; incidental uses and disclosures; workers' compensation laws; marketing
Go to http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/smallbusiness.html for more information.
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