HIPAA Risk Analysis Policy Template

Our HIPAA Risk Analysis Policy Template is the go-to choice for any business needing to create a secure environment where protected health information remains safe from malicious intrusions or accidental mishandling. With its comprehensive structure, it gives you the tools needed for effective compliance with HIPAA regulations so your company can operate without risking substantial fines and penalties due to negligence or ignorance around secure data storage.

This comprehensive policy template was created with the requirements of HIPAA in mind and provides a thorough risk assessment of potential risks, vulnerabilities and threats to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI held by your entity. It offers valuable insight into possible security breaches and data security weaknesses as well as best practices for protection of confidential information.

SAMPLE TEXT: ENTITY NAME has adopted this Risk Analysis 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.