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Privacy Enforcement

When Congress enacted HIPAA, it included civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with the statute, and these penalties applied to the subsequent Privacy and Security Rules that took effect in 2003.  Unfortunately, to date the HIPAA rules have not been adequately enforced.  Recent legislation provides opportunities for enhanced enforcement, but more work is needed.

 
 

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Know Your Rights: Health Privacy Guide
Report: As of April 14, 2003, federal law provides some privacy protections for your medical records and... 		Deven McGraw 1/1/2008

Featured Blog Posts

But What About the Potential HIPAA Violation?
Last month, we blogged about how Humana (and maybe some other health plans) sent warnings through letters to its Medicare beneficiaries that they could lose their health care benefits and services due to health care reform legislation pending in... Continued »
Great Wrap-Up from Last Week’s Health IT Event
Alex Howard put together a fantastic write up of our panel discussion last week about the progress that has been made nine months into the implementation of the HITECH provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. You can check... Continued »
Letters to Medicare Enrollees Pose Potential HIPAA Violation
Last week we learned that Humana -- and possibly some other Medicare plans -- inappropriately used enrollees' personal data to send them letters saying they could lose their benefits and services due to the impending health care reform legislation... Continued »
iHealthBeat Perspectives Article: "HHS Holds Keys to Next Generation of Health Information Privacy"
CDT published an article in iHealthBeat yesterday, calling on the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take charge on privacy issues. In the iHealthBeat article, CDT points out that HHS should take full advantage of the opportunities... Continued »
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