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New Guide From CCH Addresses HIPAA Security Compliance

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., August 12, 2003) – To support health care institutions implementing the HIPAA Security Rule, CCH INCORPORATED, a leading provider of health law and compliance information and software, has released the CCH HIPAA Security Guide, comprehensive HIPAA security information in loose-leaf and online media to help subscribers comply with the security rules (www.health.cch.com/onlinestore).

The CCH HIPAA Security Guide provides information and tools for the practical application of HIPAA security provisions, which mandate the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic private health information.

"All covered entities which create, receive, maintain or transmit electronic private health information, must take appropriate physical, administrative and technical measures to ensure the privacy of this information without impeding the quality of care," said CCH managing editor Jeff Reinholtz. "With CCH’s HIPAA Security Guide, subscribers will receive the information and implementation tools needed to be in total compliance and avoid costly penalties," he added.

Loose-Leaf Book, Online Access

Comprehensive HIPAA security information ensures that subscribers will learn the appropriate physical, administrative and technical measures needed to follow the HIPAA Security rules. Users of the HIPAA Security Guide have access to a regularly updated loose-leaf volume containing all of the following:

  • Summary of HIPAA Security Rules
  • Detailed Analysis of HHS comment released with Security Rule
  • Practical Glossary
  • Implementation Tools and Documents
  • Customizable Model Policies and Procedures for Adaptation by the Provider as a Covered Entity
  • Technical Safeguards
  • Organizational Requirements
  • State Preemption Analysis

In addition to the printed Guide, subscribers gain electronic access to HIPAA Security forms, policies and procedures that can easily be downloaded and customized through CCH’s exclusive Internet Research NetWork. For example, they can see what a sample policy and procedure on the Electronic Data Transmission rules looks like and can modify it electronically for their own use. They also receive late-breaking HIPAA news and access to CCH’s search engine to retrieve items of special interest.

Availability and Pricing

For more information or to order the HIPAA Security Guide, call 1-800-449-9525 or visit the CCH online store at www.health.cch.com/onlinestore. The price for the HIPAA Security Guide is $599. The HIPAA Security Guide complements another essential HIPAA guide from CCH, the HIPAA Privacy Guide. The price for the HIPAA Security Guide and the HIPAA Privacy Guide when purchased together is $799. The HIPAA Privacy Guide is $399 when purchased separately.

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH INCORPORATED, founded in 1913, has served four generations of business professionals and their clients. The company produces approximately 700 print and electronic products for health care, securities, tax, legal, banking, human resources and small business markets. CCH is a Wolters Kluwer company. The CCH Web site can be accessed at cch.com. The CCH Health Care Web site can be accessed at health.cch.com.

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Editor’s Note: Members of the media who would like complimentary review access to HIPAA Security Guide may contact Sheri Cardo at (800) 727-1133 ext. 1334 or cardos@cch.com, or Leslie Bonacum at (847) 267-7153 or mediahelp@cch.com.