Internet Guides
	HIPAA Links This site provides useful HIPAA links to federal government sites, state Medicaid sites, journals, publications, implementation guides, associations and organizations, listserves, state government sites, accreditation and standards. HIPAA.org A checklist from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help you get started HIPAAdvisory An in-depth comprehensive site dedicated to HIPAA. The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Research This site discusses the Privacy Rule "while providing ways in which researchers can access and use PHI when necessary to conduct research."

Internet Sites
	AMIA Resource Center: Public Policy & Legislation "Health care is at the center of a multitude of public policy initiatives, debates, and decisions. From within that enormous context, this Web page provides news and links to resources regarding developments that most specifically impact on the collection, protection, use, and transmission of information in the health care environment." Glossary of Insurance Terms Guidance on Compliance with HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets after the October 16, 2003, Implementation Deadline HIPAA Administrative Simplification Compliance Deadlines HIPAAcomply "The definitive source for up-to-date information regarding HIPAA security & privacy compliance." Information for covered entities and researchers on authorizations for research uses or disclosures of protected health information This site discussed "an individual's signed permission to allow a covered entity to use or disclose the individual's protected health information that is described in the Authorization." Institutional Review Boards and the HIPAA Privacy Rule This site discusses "approvals of research-related requests for Authorization waivers or alterations and how those requirements relate to the functioning of an IRB." Myths and Facts about the HIPAA Privacy Rule "Some common myths regarding the Rule and the facts about what the law actually says."
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Organizations, Associations, and Agencies
	American Hospital Association American Medical Association - HIPAA Provides links to current HIPAA resources for physicians Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA Medical Privacy - National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information Contains comprehensive HIPAA information. Information categories include information for consumers, general background information, HIPAA regulations & standards, compliance & enforcement, educational materials and links to additional authoritative HIPAA related links. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) This site provides extensive HIPAA information and links to other HIPAA related resources.
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Consumer Health Information
	Health Topics: Health Insurance Offers links to quality filtered, easy to understand, HIPAA information. HIPAA Online HIPAA: Your rights to health insurance portability UPMC Health Plan: Private & Confidential Presents the UPMC Health Plan Privacy Statement and links to UPMC HIPAA Privacy Forms. UPMC's Notice of Privacy Practices
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