Get Privacy Forms - HIPAA

There are specific forms that coincide with this rule: Request of Access to Protected Health Information (PHI); Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) Form; Request for Accounting Disclosures Form; Request for Restriction of Patient Health Care Information; Authorization for Use or Disclosure Form; and the Privacy Complaint ...

To understand your legal duties as a covered entity, or your rights as a patient, you should become very familiar with these legal documents. The two most standard HIPAA forms are privacy forms (a.k.a. “notices of privacy practices”) and authorization forms (a.k.a. “release forms”).

What is a HIPAA Authorization Form? The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires that an individual provide signed authorization to a covered entity, before the entity may use or disclose certain protected health information (PHI).

The notice must describe the ways in which the covered entity may use and disclose protected health information. The notice must state the covered entity's duties to protect privacy, provide a notice of privacy practices, and abide by the terms of the current notice.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) lays out three rules for protecting patient health information, namely: The Privacy Rule. The Security Rule. The Breach Notification Rule.