Question

Policies are an integral component of an employee handbook. This week for your project, you will create an employee policy relating to HIPAA to include in your employee handbook.

In a minimum of 2 pages, include the following:

• An office policy surrounding HIPAA and guidelines that employees must follow. Include in the office policy:
  • Principles and ethical beliefs of the organization
  • Why it's important for your organization to follow HIPAA guidelines
  • The role that HIPAA guidelines play in upholding your organization's values, integrity, and ethical practices.
  • Discuss how HIPAA policies may be received based on cultural differences.
• As you draft your policy, remember your audience. You should use a suitable tone and develop your content in a way that will speak to and connect with your employee audience.

Answer 1

. Answer. It is important to follow HIPAA guidelines as it is a set of regulations that has multiple approaches to ensure to set out to improve the health insurance system. © Health Insurance Porta bility and Accountability oct generally allows to protect patient and their confidentiality: Every healthcare organisation is required to have compliance department. © Under HIPAA, everyone has complete access to a copy of their personal medical records All the healthcare Organisation that use, store, maintin or transmit patient health information are expected to be in complete Compliance with the regulation of the HIPAA Law. Organisation must determine the appropriateness of all requests for the patient information. The health care executive should seek to the limit access to patient information to providers involved in the patient's care and also determine disclosures beyond the treatment team on a case by case basis.