HIPAA Password Management Policy Template

Get ahead of potential disasters by investing in this robust HIPAA Password Management Policy Template. With its essential rules and guidelines, you can protect confidential information while also ensuring that users follow secure authentication procedures approved by the Department Of Human Services (DHS). This policy will act as an effective set of measures contributing to your customers' overall peace of mind.

Our template provides procedures on creating, sharing and securing passwords; processes on setting the strength and complexity of passwords whenever technological permits are available; regulations concerning unauthorized meetings; process for accounts sharing and periodical reminders on restricting access to important personal data stored electronically. 

SAMPLE TEXT: ENTITY NAME has adopted this Password Management 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.