Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Information

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") extends significant new privacy rights to our patients concerning the use or disclosure of their medical information. These rights are described in detail under the Columbia University Medical Center Notice of Privacy Practices posted below in English and Spanish.

Forms available in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CUMC Notice of Privacy Practices

• Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
  • Spanish Version (Versión en español)
• Patient Acknowledgement
  • Spanish Version (Versión en español)

CUMC Resources

• Authorization to Release Patient Information
  • Spanish Version (Versión en español)
• HIPAA Confidentiality FAX cover
• Response to Records Requests Accompanied by Patient's Release
• Proxy Authorization for Patient Family Member & University Employees
• HIPAA Policy & Procedure Manual

For Patients - Your HIPAA rights

• Request for Copy of your Medical Record
  • In Spanish - Request for Copy of your Medical Record
• Request for an Accounting of Disclosures
• Request for an Amendment to Health Information
• Request for Communications at an Alternative Location or by an Alternative Means
• Request for Restrictions on Uses and Disclosures of Health Information
• Request to File a Privacy Complaint
• Business Associate Addendum

Other Resources

• US Department of Health & Human Services HIPAA website

Training

All new employees [professional and staff] must complete mandatory one-time HIPAA training.

- Support Staff

Location:
Neurological Institute
710 West 168th Street
First Floor Auditorium
(Corner of 168th & Ft. Washington)

HIPAA Education Material

• Management Update 2008 Power Point Presentation
  
• Privacy Walk Through
• HIPAA Security
• Social Security Number Protection Act

- Physicians
Web Based Training
- Register with Irina 342-0059.
- Certification is a one time prerequisite for your appointment.

- Researchers
Anyone eligible to do Human Subjects Research must complete a one time HIPAA training posted on RASCAL under the Testing Center.

Karen Pagliaro-Meyer
Privacy Officer
Tel: 212-305-7315
Email: kpagliaro@columbia.edu