Pt. I. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) -- Ch. 1. HIPAA - background and overview of the law -- Ch. 2. The privacy rule -- Ch. 3. Security standards -- Ch. 4. Demystifying HIPAA -- Pt. II. HIPAA and state law preemption -- Ch. 5. Preemption statute - definition -- Ch. 6. State responses to HIPAA -- Ch. 7. Breaking it down state by state -- Pt. III. What a general practitioner should know -- Ch. 8. Where lawyers come in -- Ch. 9. Specific areas of interest -- Ch. 10. Conclusion -- Pt. IV. Appendixes -- Appendix 1. HIPAA forms -- Appendix 2. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- Appendix 3. HIPAA security and privacy regulations
