HIPAA Contingency Operations Policy Template

Maintaining HIPAA compliance is an essential task for any medical institute or business, which is why a cutting-edge HIPAA Contingency Operations Policy Template is required. This template provides all personnel of a covered entity with the tools they need to comply with the policy and adhere to the protocols that come along with it. Not only will this save time, it ensures complete accuracy, allowing the organization to avoid HIPAA violations.

The template outlines the procedures that must be taken when dealing with contingency operations planning, as well as how they are implemented within a covered entity’s organization. All personnel must become familiar with these policies in order to properly maintain HIPAA compliance, ensuring equitable access of healthcare services and rights to privacy for all patients. Drawing on over twenty years of experience in HIPAA compliance, our template allows personnel and entities to quickly gain familiarity with all requirements outlined in the policy - enabling them to provide quality healthcare services in a secure system.

SAMPLE TEXT: ENTITY NAME has adopted this Contingency Operations Policy in order to recognize the requirement to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (“HITECH”) Act of 2009 (Title XIII of division A and Title IV of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act “ARRA”) and the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule (Effective Date: March 26, 2013). We acknowledge that full compliance with the HIPAA Final Rule is required by or before September 23, 2013.

ENTITY NAME hereby acknowledges our duty and responsibility to protect the privacy and security of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“IIHI”) generally, and Protected Health Information (“PHI”) as defined in the HIPAA Regulations, under the regulations implementing HIPAA, other federal and state laws protecting the confidentiality of personal information, and under principles of general and professional ethics. We also acknowledge our duty and responsibility to support and facilitate the timely and unimpeded flow of health information for lawful and appropriate purposes.

Each of our HIPAA templates are in Microsoft Word (.docx) format for easy editing. Each template is guaranteed to be fully HIPAA & HITECH compliant when properly implemented.