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our HIPAA Security policy and procedures template suite have 68 policies and will save you at least 400 work hours and are everything you need for rapid development and implementation of HIPAA Security policies. our templates are created based on HIPAA requirements, updates from HITECH act, NIST standards, ISo 17799 and security best practices. The key objectives in formulating the policies were to ensure that they are congruent with the HIPAA Security regulations, integrate industry-established best practices for security, and are tailored to the healthcare provider environment. our HIPAA Security policy and procedures templates are ideally suited for following categories of organizations:

Hospital, Long Term Care organizations, Health Plans, Insurance Companies, Third Party Administrators, Clearing Houses, Physicians, County Government, State Agencies, Business associates and other payor & providers. The 68 HIPAA Security policies in the template suite (updated in Sep 2009 for HITECH act) are organized into following five major categories:

Category of Policies & Procedures

Total Policies and Procedures

Administrative Safeguards

29

Physical Safeguards

12

Technical Safeguards

12

organizational Requirements

04

Supplemental Polices to required policy

11

The HHS policies contained in this issuance shall be exercised in accordance with Public Law 93-638, the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, as amended, and the Secretary's policy dated August 7, 1997, as amended, titled "Departmental Policy on Consultation with American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes and Indian organizations." It is HHS' policy to consult with Indian people to the greatest practicable extent and to the extent permitted by law before taking actions that affect these governments and people; to assess the impact of the Department's plans, projects, programs, and activities on tribal and other available resources; and to remove any procedural impediments to working directly with tribal governments or Indian people.

The HHS Information Security Program is a component of a larger structure. Congress and oMB have imposed special responsibilities ...