Dentalgram April 2002 Hipaa Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act How does HIPAA affect me? HIPAA is not just a Dental Computing Department issue—it is an operational issue that will reach out and touch every area of the School of Dentistry. All policies and procedures will need to be reviewed and revised to ensure the safeguarding of patients’ health information. New policies will need to be created. All employees (current and new) will need to be educated as to the new HIPAA requirements and then required to review the policies again every three years or as changes are made. The HIPAA proposal would create new civil and criminal penalties for improperly disclosing patient information. Intentionally releasing information would be punishable by a fine of up to $50,000 and one year in jail. Someone trying to sell information could face a $250,000 fine and 10 years in prison. The organization would face a maximum annual civil fine of $25,000 per violation for each requirement. Every faculty, staff member, and student should review the HIPAA regulations. A good intranet site is <http://wisdom.mc. llumc.edu/hipaa/>. Watch the Dentalgram for more information HIPAA and how it affects you. . Back University | Medical_Center | LLU&MC_home | Search | Employment | News_&_events | Academics | Our_mission | Admissions | Registration | Research | Alumni | Student_resources All contents copyright © 2001 Loma Linda University. All rights reserved. Revised February 14, 2001 Send comments and questions to webmaster@univ.llu.edu  URL: http://www.llu.edu