HIPAA Risk Management Process Policy Template

Our HIPAA Risk Management Process Policy Template provides the seamless protection that Covered Entities and Business Associates need to confidently meet Privacy & Security Rule compliance requirements. Our comprehensive risk analysis process will provide a detailed assessment of your current security posture, making it easier for you to manage risks on an ongoing basis. 

Maximizing the security and privacy of your patient data is essential to meeting the quality standards set by HIPAA. Our HIPAA Risk Management Process Policy Template simplifies the normally arduous task of becoming compliant with this federal law. 

SAMPLE TEXT: ENTITY NAME has adopted this Risk Management Process 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.