HIPAA Compliance Workgroup

Mission

Isolate regulatory risk areas and develop responsive policy standards for banking services that involve health data management

• Determine the likely banking and financial services areas that are impacted by HIPAA
• Identify medical records privacy regulations, such as HIPAA, GLB, FACTA, etc., and provide clarification on privacy gaps and coverage
• Create an assessment framework for determining when banks are HIPAA-defined covered entities (clearinghouses), highlighting areas that require further policy input and/or research
• Develop a standard template for the HIPAA Business Associate contract for banks and/or financial institutions that will accommodate evolving legislative and policy changes
• Define the probable environmental impact of multiple legislative drivers on bank-based healthcare services
• Outline and propose a potential HIPAA bank-based clearinghouse accreditation program (completed)

Leadership

Leader: John Casillas, Executive Director, Medical Banking Project

Accomplishments

• “Bank Clearinghouse” Accreditation Model Proposal has been approved by EHNAC Commissioners for implementation. Founder of MBProject appointed to spearhead program.
• Partnered with industry-leading transaction testing organization to implement online utility to validate data for HIPAA-compliant transactions

Dissemination Venues

• MBProject Roundtable – January 28, 2003
• Second Medical Banking Institute – March 26, 2003
• WEDi SNIP – March 19, 2003
• SWACHA/Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas– October 7, 2003
• HFMA eLearning Modules