HIPAA Best Practices – HIPAA LINK https://www.hipaalink.net Telehealth Trusted By 1,000's of Providers Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:20:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hipaalink.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-HIPAA-Favicon-wht-32x32.png HIPAA Best Practices – HIPAA LINK https://www.hipaalink.net 32 32 HIPAA for Mental Health Professionals: The Basics https://www.hipaalink.net/hipaa-for-mental-health-professionals-the-basics/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:20:13 +0000 https://www.hipaalink.net/?p=2226 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPAA, works to protect patients’ confidentiality in regard to medical treatment. Protecting the confidentiality of patients in therapy has been a primary concern for many mental health professionals even years before HIPAA became the law. The privacy rule which was added to HIPAA in the 2000s set up standards to…

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]]> Understanding PHI and Why It Matters https://www.hipaalink.net/understanding-phi-and-why-it-matters/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:08:10 +0000 https://www.hipaalink.net/?p=2216 HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) has been revolutionary for the privacy of patients’ health information. This topic of protecting patient information is especially relevant in this day and age with electronic patient records and telehealth visits presenting unforeseen questions surrounding patient privacy. But what exactly constitutes Protected Health Information (PHI)?

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