NCHIMA Legal Portal

This valuable online resource is updated regularly and provides information regarding state and federal legislation, regulations, and professional best practices for legal aspects of managing, maintaining, and the release of health information.

About the Portal

Who would benefit from this valuable web portal? HIM Directors, Physician Practice Managers, Release of Information Companies, Legal Consultants, and other stewards of health information.

Chapters include consents, subpoenas, release of information, behavioral health and substance abuse records, the medical record (including the legal EHR), and more!

Updates to the web portal will be made on a regular basis as changes in legislation, case law or best practices become available. You can also select to receive an email notifying you of updates.

Updates in 2016 Portal from 2011 Manual

  • Record Retention for nursing homes and pharmacies
  • Security Management: administrative and physical safeguards, and social security number protection
  • HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices
  • HIPAA Specific Preemption Regulations
  • HIPAA Certification of HIT Products
  • HITECH Changes to HIPAA P&S Rules
  • HIPAA Breach Notification Rule
  • HIPAA Authorization
  • Release of Information for Subpoenas
  • Release of Information to Next of Kin
  • Release of Information to School
  • Mental Health Patients
  • HIV/AIDS Patients
  • Long Term Care Facilities
  • Confidentiality & Privacy Provisions
  • Persons Who May Authorize ROI
  • Fraud & Abuse

Access Instructions

You will be required to provide the email address for each subscriber. Once payment has been received, access instructions will be emailed to the email address provided within two business days from receipt of payment.

If you have already purchased and have not received your access instruction email, please email us at support@knowledgeconnex.com

Click here to access the portal.

Tax Exempt Organizations

Is your organization tax-exempt? If so, you must email ExDir@nchima.org or fax your tax exempt certificate to 803-366-5618 (please call before faxing) to qualify for the tax exempt pricing.

If you are out of state, no sales tax is applied for member and non-member rates.

*After you select “add to cart”, enter the word TaxExempt in the tax exempt code box in the shopping cart.  Click here for an example.  Do not enter your tax exempt ID number in the tax exempt code box in the shopping cart.  Instead enter the words “TaxExempt”.

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Access to the NCHIMA Legal Portal is obtained by a yearly subscription. The subscription will run from October 1 – September 30th of each year. Prorated payments will not be available.

Subscribers will receive an annual renewal notice. The yearly renewal rates below will apply.

*You must provide a valid AHIMA member ID number and be listed in the NCHIMA database provided by AHIMA to be eligible for the NCHIMA member rate.

Sales Tax:
Is your organization tax-exempt? If so, you must email ExDir@nchima.org or fax your tax exempt certificate to 803-366-5618 (please call before faxing) to qualify for the tax exempt pricing.

If you are out of state, no sales tax is applied for member and non-member rates.

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