Professional Liability Student Liability Researcher/Academician Liability Comprehensive Business Office Insurance Group Term Life Long Term Care Insurance Income Protection Office Overhead Hospital Indemnity Retirement Plan Services Auto and Homeowners 1-800-477-1200 HIPAA Primer Documents This primer has been prepared by the APA Practice Organization and the APA Insurance Trust.  It is intended primarily for psychologists in private practice.  The primer will also be useful to psychologists who work in other settings such as hospitals, integrated delivery systems, clinics, university health and counseling centers and schools as they participate in the HIPAA compliance processes and procedures that those organizations are required to create and implement. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR DOCUMENT These documents are offered as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files. Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™ is free, and freely distributable, software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. This allows you to view and print the forms in their original format. You can then fill them out and mail or fax them in according to the instructions. You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view any documents downloaded from this site. If you don't already have the Acrobat® Reader™ from Adobe®, download it from the link below. Follow the directions from Adobe® to install the software on your computer. Download Adobe's FREE Acrobat® Reader™ for PDF files. DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS: Once you have acquired the Acrobat® Reader™ software and installed it on your machine, click and hold on the link above and choose "Download File to Disk..." (Macintosh), or right-click the link and choose "Save Target As..." (Windows). After the file has downloaded to your hard drive, navigate through your file system to where you placed the file and open it with Acrobat® Reader™ IMPORTANT: There have been problems with simply clicking the link and viewing the file with the Acrobat® plug-in. For best results, download the file to your hard drive as explained above and then view and print the file locally. If you experience any problems with downloading, please email webmaster@apait.org or call 1-800-477-1200.

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