Introducing the CHA Publications App
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Overview
This comprehensive resource addresses all state and federal laws related to the privacy of health information, and provides guidance to help hospitals comply with increasingly complex regulations. Laws covered include:
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
- Confidentiality of Medical Information Act
- Patient Access to Health Records Act
- Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
New for 2023
The California Hospital Health Information Privacy Manual addresses state and federal health care law through January 2023, and features updates including:
- A significantly revised chapter on substance use disorder information in accordance with revised law
- A new chapter on the federal information blocking law
- Significant revisions to breach notification chapter to reflect revised state law, including regulations adopted by the Calif. Department of Public Health (CDPH)
- New content on CDPH’s authority to levy fines for privacy breaches.
- Material about new state law allowing LPS-protected information to be provided to district attorneys, patient advocates, and business associates
- Content about new California laws protecting abortion information and gender-affirming treatment information from out-of-state subpoenas.
- Added information about a new California law permitting electronic signatures on release of information forms.
(Ninth edition, 2023)
Contents
- Understand the Laws
- Administrative Processes and Considerations
- Privacy Rights and Notice of Privacy Practices
- Use and Disclosure of PHI: Fundamentals and Special Issues
- Use and Disclosure of PHI: CMIA Patients
- Use and Disclosure of PHI: LPS Patients
- Use and Disclosure of PHI: Substance Abuse Patients
- Privacy and the Conduct of Research
- Employee Health Information
- Health Information Security
- Business Associate Contracts
- Breaches
- Enforcement and Penalties
- Information Blocking