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HIPAA Newsletters

What does HIPAA mean for you? It protects your right to privacy, ensures security of your information, and makes it easier to process information. Learn more about this new and evolving health reform initiative by reading HIPAABlue, BCBSA's bi-monthly publication that explains HIPAA.

Newsletter Archive

2009  
November

The HITECH Act
September

Access to Medical Records
July

When Your Doctor Sends Your Medical Information to Your State or a Federal Database
March

HIPAA Authorization Versus Release of Information Form
May

Protected Health Information Versus Designated Record Set
January

What is a HIPAA Authorization?
2008  
November

Restrictions on the Use and Sharing of your Protected Health Information
September

Amending Your Protected Health Information
July

HIPAA Privacy Consumer Brochures in Eight Languages
May Doctors and Security
March HIPAA Myths
January Personal Representatives
2007  
November Individual Right of Access & Copying
September Confidential Communications
July PHRs — Their Value and the Privacy and Security You Need
May A Review of Accounting of Disclosures
March Protect Your Confidential Data by Thwarting Computer Hackers
January Personal Representation, Authorized Personal and Legal Documents
2006  
November Identity Theft and Health Care Information
September HIPAA Privacy Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
July Claims Attachments
May Keeping E-Mails with PHI Safe Through Encryption
March What Does HIPAA Say About Personal Representatives Concerning the Death of a Loved One, Disability and Minors?
January Moving Toward the Electronic Health Record (EHR)
2005  
November Personal Health Information and the Internet
September Provider Identifiers: NPI, EIN, NHPI and NII — What Are They and Why Do I Need to Know?
July Minors and Personal Representatives
May Safeguarding Systems Through Security
March A HIPAA Overview
January Protecting and Portability
2004  
November Safeguarding Your PHI
September Confidential Communications — When to Use One
July Your Privacy and HIPAA