Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Compliance

Keeping people’s personal information secure is important. The Wyoming Department of Health takes seriously its duty to protect all information maintained in the department.

The Office of HIPAA Compliance works to:

• Assure agency compliance with federal and state laws related to privacy and confidentiality
• Provide leadership and direction regarding privacy and security
• Develop and administer department privacy and security policies
• Receive and address complaints from clients and staff regarding privacy practice violations 

Wyoming Department of Health

Office of HIPAA Compliance

401 Hathaway Building

Cheyenne, WY 82002

(307) 777-8664 or (307) 777-3686

(307) 777-7439 fax

 

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Notice of Privacy Practices (PDF)

Spanish version of Notice of Privacy Practice (PDF)

HIPAA Links

Privacy Rule link 

CMS Medicaid HIPAA Administrative Simplification website. This page describes how HIPAA affects the CMS. Note: CMS used to be called the Health Care Financing Administration.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administrative Simplification website

HIPAA Advisory website

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/privacy.html

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/bkgrnd.html

www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/finalreg.html

www.nga.org/cda/files/HIPAA_Privacy.pdf

HIPAA Tools

Covered Entity determination