HIPAA Training Policy Template

Description

As a covered entity or business associate, it’s important to stay up to date with compliancy and the latest regulations of HIPAA. To ensure that your workforce is compliant with all policies and procedures related to HIPAA, it is essential to provide thorough training. With our HIPAA Training Policy Template, you can make sure that you are covering all necessary topics with ease.

The template considerately addresses all aspects of training, from what personnel must be trained and on which requirements, to who is responsible for ensuring proper training takes place. It also covers how frequently personnel must refresh their training and what policies they must follow after they have been trained. In addition, periodic audits can be used to ensure full compliance.

SAMPLE TEXT: ENTITY NAME has adopted this HIPAA Training 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.