How does HMIS fit with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
The HMIS Steering Committee has worked to ensure that the HMIS meets all HIPAA requirements. Generally, the confidentiality measures built into MISI’s ROSIE software and the procedures the Steering Committee has established far exceed those required by HIPAA. Participating agencies need to be familiar with any requirements they must meet under HIPAA; when such an agency wishes to begin using HMIS, the agreement between MASW and the agency will specify that HIPAA requirements are being met by the agency.
