Confidentiality and HIPAA Privacy

Sets out how every member of the Agency’s workforce keeps client information confidential, signs a confidentiality agreement, uses and shares only the minimum necessary, gives clients the Notice of Privacy Practices, and honors their HIPAA rights to access, amend, restrict and receive an accounting, under LAC 48:I.5029.B.1, the LT-PCS confidentiality rules and the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

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About this policy

Policy number: LA-HC-PRV-01
Version: 1.0
Main rule: LAC 48:I.5029.B.1
Library: Louisiana home care · 50 policies
Category: Privacy
Sections: 22

In short

Everything you learn about clients and their families is confidential; share it only with Agency staff who need it.
Never take photos or videos of clients or their homes, and never post about clients on social media.
If anyone asks about a client, say you cannot discuss it and refer them to the office.
Sign the confidentiality agreement before you start, and keep this duty even after you leave.
Report lost papers, a lost phone or information sent to the wrong person to your supervisor and Lee Sample the same day.

What's inside

22 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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Terms of Reference
1. Purpose
2. Scope
3. Definitions
4. Policy Statement (LAC 48:I.5029.B.1)
5. The Privacy Official
6. Confidentiality Agreements
7. When Client Information May Be Used and Shared
8. Minimum Necessary
9. Everyday Rules for Direct Care Workers
10. Notice of Privacy Practices
11. Client Privacy Rights
12. Business Associates
13. Substance Use Disorder Records
14. Privacy Complaints, Mitigation and Sanctions
15. Responsibilities
16. Records and Compliance Monitoring
17. Staff Training
18. References
19. Related Policies and Forms
20. Approval
21. Revision History

An inspector may ask

Show me the signed confidentiality agreement for these employees.
Who is your privacy official? How does a client make a privacy complaint?

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Rules it follows

LAC 48:I.5029.B.1LAC 48:I.5029.C.8LAC 48:I.5049.A.5LAC 48:I.5049.A.6LAC 48:I.5049.A.7LAC 48:I.5055.H.1.jLAC 48:I.5003Medicaid Services Manual, Chapter 30, §30.845 CFR Part 164, Subpart E45 CFR §164.50245 CFR §164.504(e)45 CFR §164.50645 CFR §164.50845 CFR §164.51045 CFR §164.51245 CFR §164.52045 CFR §164.52245 CFR §164.52445 CFR §164.52645 CFR §164.52845 CFR §164.53042 CFR Part 2

Forms included

LA-HC-PRV-01-A Notice of Privacy Practices
LA-HC-PRV-01-B Staff Confidentiality Agreement

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