RE: Privacy Policies

[Huber, Cheri]

Title: Privacy Policies

We are a hybrid entity (county government) which will have one countywide Privacy Policy with separate procedures for each department.    Cheri Huber County Privacy Officer Napa County, California 707-253-4523     -----Original Message----- From: BARRIS, BARBARA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:02 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Privacy Policies   We are a health plan. Our Administration Department is stating that we can have one general, generic policy for the Privacy Rule and use procedures to implement the standards, implementation specifications, and requirements. I disagree. Everything I have read and all the conferences I have attended have stated that we need separate policies and procedures. Does anyone agree that we could meet the Privacy Rule requirements with one policy and many procedures or does the Privacy Rule require multiple policies and procedures? I admit that I am not a very good at arguing my viewpoint, and would appreciate references supporting the argument that we need multiple policies and procedures. Thanks. Barbara Barris HIPAA Project Manager The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is specifically prohibited. The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is specifically prohibited.