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New NPRM for HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules

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rdmoore2003:
thanks for the info,,,,,,,I don't understand either

Michele:
They hire the same guys who write the VCR instruction manuals.

oneround:
LOL.  It always starts off as 200-300 pages then dwindles down, after reading so many of these dang things you just learn to scan to what is relavent.  They are really only admendments to what is already in place for the new pt. protection rules.


The proposed rule is issued in connection with the amendments and expansion to HIPAA made as part of the Health Information Technology and Economic Clinical Health Act (the "HITECH Act"), enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The proposed rule is intended to strengthen and expand enforcement of HIPAA Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules by granting broader patient rights and stronger protections when business associates handle individually identifiable health information.

HHS also launched today a privacy website, designed to inform the public regarding existing HHS health information privacy efforts and policies. HHS also announced that its website for HIPAA breach notifications is to be updated and will now include a search function and summaries of past health information privacy breaches.  hhs.gov

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