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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Law & Compliance > The HIPAA Compliance Kit The HIPAA Compliance Kit: Understanding and Applying the Regulations in Psychotherapeutic Practice Ofer Zur, Ph.D. Hardcover: 208 pages ISBN 0976101505  Norton & Company  April 2005 Price: $69.00   "Ingeniously combining his extensive knowledge of practice with his keen understanding of HIPAA with all its implications, Dr. Zur has compiled a practical, readable guide that addresses the potentially most impacting and disruptive force to confront psychotherapy. No mental health practitioner can afford to be without it as your practice may depend on it." - Nicholas A. Cummings, Ph.D., Sc.D., Distinguished Practitioner, University of Nevada, Reno, President, Cummings Foundation for Behavioral Health, Former President, American Psychological Association The Kit will aid psychotherapists in private practice with: Understanding HIPAA's basic facts and requirements. Implementing a simple step-by-step process towards HIPAA compliance. Acquiring checklists and ready-to-use, user-friendly forms, which you will be able to personalize and deploy right away. Avoiding the severe penalties and other risks associated with non-compliance. Learning low-tech ways to use billing services and clearinghouses to continue receiving insurance company reimbursements. Ofer Zur, Ph.D., is a consultant, licensed psychologist, writer, forensic consultant and lecturer from Sonoma, CA. He is a pioneer in the development of the ethical and effective managed-care-free practice and is a prolific writer and researcher. Dr. Zur taught for many years at several Bay Area graduate schools, such as CSPP/Alameda and CIIS/San Francisco, as well as teaching the preparatory courses for licensing exams in CA. He has trained thousands of psychotherapists in his seminars, lectures and private consultations on how to successfully build an ethical, effective and thriving private practice. As most experts advocate, if you are in solo psychotherapy private practice, you still need to become compliant even if you do not submit electronic bills, because HIPAA will become the standard of care by which you will be judged. Eight reasons for all therapists to become compliant: HIPAA will ultimately become the only standard of care. It will be applied to all therapists regardless of their billing practices. HIPAA will be judged by case law. This reason alone suggests that all therapists comply ASAP, thus eliminating the need to face it in court. Unpredictable emergencies or future events might happen where you will have to submit PHI electronically and need to be instantly compliant, i.e. suicidal clients or a new insurance company that bills electronically. HIPAA can be triggered unexpectedly by actions outside of control or even your knowledge, i.e. your billing company changes to electronic billing. HIPAA is not only about electronic transmission it is also about privacy, security and the therapist's entire operation. HIPAA also concerns privacy and security of file cabinets, computers, etc. Many states are likely to amend their state laws to be aligned with HIPAA laws. As a result HIPAA may become the model for some states' laws which will effect all psychotherapists. The entire field will become electronically dependent and HIPAA compliant. Most likely, in the future the only way to be reimbursed by any third party will be by electronic billing. The risks and potential penalties for non-compliance are great. Fines and charges for non-compliant therapists can be severe and damaging. You may also be interested in these important periodicals: Journal of Healthcare Risk Management   Health Law Week  Healthcare Risk Management  (information provided by the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore /