Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

• HIPAA Calling the Question: Is the chaplain a health care professional?
  by Rev. Joseph J. Driscoll, NACC President and Chief Executive Officer
  A reprint from Vision, May 2003, Volume 13, Issue 5
   
• Clergy Access to Information — A Sample Policy
  A supplement to Rev. Joseph J. Driscoll's article: "HIPAA Calling the Question: Is the chaplain a health care professional?" which appeared in the May 2003 issue of Vision.
   
• Council on Collaboration Letters — The Council on Collaboration drafted the following two letters to provide clarity around the HIPAA Final Privacy Rule. The NACC sent these letters to our certified full members on March 7, 2003.
  Letter to Chaplains     Letter to Administrators
   
• Pastoral Care Providers: Members of the Healthcare Team in Accordance with the Regulations of the Department of Health & Human Services
  (This is a link to an article on the APC website.)
   
• Creating HIPAA Compliant Policies and Procedures
  (This is a link to an article on the APC website.)
   
• HIPAA Regulations’ Impact on Visitation by Clergy, Lay Ministers and Faith Group Representatives
  (This is a link to an article on the APC website.)
   
• HIPAA Regulations Raise Questions for Chaplains
  (This is a link to an article on the APC website.)
   
• A Glossary of Terms Related to the HIPAA Regulations (Specifically selected for Pastoral Care Providers)
  (This is a link to an article on the APC website.)

 
• HIPAA & Privacy: Regulations Impacting Spiritual Care in Health Care by Michele Le Doux Sakurai, NACC Director of Professional Practice. Ms. Sakurai explains the impact of HIPAA’s final privacy rule on hospital/facility chaplaincy.
  This article appeared in the NACC Vision, October 2001, Vol. 11, No. 9, page 4
   
• HIPAA Resources Site

 
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