@Bert,
Regarding prep for HIPAA, I remember I just got the required boilerplate gibberish online, did a few copy and pastes so we had our new "regulations" printed and posted, and then fashioned a HIPAA agreement with similar boilerplate for all of our lucky patients to sign (as required by law). Then I sat back and waited for the HIPAA police to arrive, confident in my compliance with the letter of the law.

BTW, I've lived, worked and paid taxes in Belgium; I've experienced how a single-payer, tax-funded medical program can work pretty well, but we here in the USA have the worst of both worlds! Increased interference in the practice of medicine (in our case by both govt. and insurance companies) without the benefits to society at large.