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Library/File Location
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HEALTH/NASHIP
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Source Selection Location
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/Area of Law - By Topic/Health Care/Find Health Care Analytical Sources/Health Care Law Reviews & Journals
/Area of Law - By Topic/Torts/Medical & Health Care Journals
/Reference/Medical
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Coverage
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From 2002 through 2002
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Frequency of Update
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As received from the publisher
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Online
Availability
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Within one week prior to publication
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Publisher
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American Health Lawyers Association
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Data Format
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Full-text
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Description
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National Accreditation Standards and HIPAA: A Comparative Analysis provides analysis by expert author Brian Gradle. Starting with the National Committee for Quality Assurance's (NCQA's) 2003 Accreditation Standards, he discusses the requirements of those standards for protection of the confidentiality of member information and records. He then compares and contrasts those with the requirements under HIPAA by dissecting the seven elements of NCQA's RR5 (Statement of Members' Rights and Responsibilities/Privacy and Confidentiality), pointing out changes that have made these standards compatible with the HIPAA standards, and delineating where the two are different. This is followed by similar comparisons with the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations' (JCAHO's) hospital standards and the accreditation standards established by the American Accreditation Healthcare Commission (URAC). In addition, while HIPAA is relatively non-prescriptive regarding the development and operation of Web sites, the monograph analyzes URAC's extensive set of Health Web Site Standards. In particular, URAC's disclosure, consent, and policies and procedures requirements for Web sites are explored. The author notes that while HIPAA is often more prescriptive than the accreditation standards, organizations that have implemented privacy policies based on those accreditation standards will find that they are in accord with many HIPAA requirements. A chart which tracks the NCQA, JCAHO, and URAC standards, and compares them to HIPAA, is included -- allowing for a clear comparison between the standards, and indicating whether the overlap between HIPAA and the other standards is "high," "moderate," or "low."
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Regions of Coverage
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/Region of Coverage/United States
/Region of Coverage/North America/United States
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Publication Type
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/Source Type/Administrative Materials & Regulations/Guidelines & Notices
/Source Type/Treatises & Analytical Material
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Legal
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/Legal/Health & Medicine Law
/Legal/Privacy Law
/Legal/Insurance Law
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Premier Date
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July 27, 2006
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