provides updated templates of these doc- uments that physicians can use to con- form to the privacy rule changes. The HIPAA toolkit and templates are available free on the AMA website, www
.ama-assn.org/go/hipaa. The Texas Medical Association has re-
sources to help physicians and their staff members comply with Texas privacy law requirements and federal HIPAA regula- tions. Visit
http://bit.ly/10g8Ypg to ac- cess these on-demand webinars:
• Complying with HIPAA and Texas Pri- vacy Laws teaches compliance officers and physicians and their staff mem- bers the ins and outs of federal and state privacy training requirements.
• Complying with HIPAA Security in- structs physicians and their employ- ees on the procedures practices must implement to ensure patients’ elec- tronic PHI remains confidential and safe from leaks or hacking.
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• HIPAA Training for Medical Office Staff explains modifications to state privacy training requirements and helps practices comply with state and federal privacy laws.
TMA, in conjunction with Jackson
Walker, LLP, has updated the HIPAA pri- vacy and security information in Poli- cies and Procedures: A Guide for Medical Practices. TMA member physicians who purchased the guide from November 2012 through June 2013 can purchase the updated HIPAA information for $79. Nonmembers can purchase the HIPAA content for $179.
Physicians who bought the guide since July can obtain the HIPAA section free of charge. Physicians who haven’t purchased the guide can buy a hard copy with customizable CD for $295 for mem- bers and $395 for nonmembers. The cus- tomizable CD alone is $255 for members and $355 for nonmembers. To order the guide and the updated
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HIPAA information, contact the TMA Knowledge Center at (800) 880-7955 or
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Crystal Zuzek is an associate editor of Texas Medicine. You can reach her at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1385, or (512) 370-1385; by fax at (512) 370-1629; or by email at crystal .
zuzek@texmed.org.
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