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Report Link HHS Issues HIPAA Security-Breach-Notification Rules: Compliance Deadline Looming Fisher & Phillips, LLP - September 02, 2009 On August 24, 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued interim final rules regarding the new security-breach-notification requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Covered entities and their business associates (service providers to covered entities) only have 30 days after publication (or until September 23, 2009) to comply with these new rules. Report Link Employers and Health Care Providers Receive New Guidance on HIPAA Security Breach Notification.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - August 26, 2009 The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), one small legislative portion of the massive economic stimulus bill enacted on February 17, 2009, mandates that employers and health care providers provide notice of any "breach" of "unsecured" protected health information (PHI) to affected individuals; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and, in certain circumstances, "prominent media outlets." The quoted terms and many others in the HITECH Act are either undefined or raise a multitude of unanswered questions. On August 24, 2009, HHS published in the Federal Register interim final regulations and accompanying commentary that clarifies many of the Act's ambiguities. Report Link What Are a Small Employer's Obligations under the HIPAA Security Rules.Jackson Lewis LLP - March 22, 2006 By April 14, 2004, all covered "health plans" were required to be in compliance with the Privacy Rules. Many plan sponsors believed that after becoming compliant with the Privacy Rules, their health plan(s) had satisfied HIPAA's "administrative simplification" provisions. The administration simplification provisions, however, include an additional layer of protection for a certain type of protected health information – "electronic protected health information" – with this layer being known as the "Security Rules." These regulations are codified at Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 164, Subparts A and C . The focus of this article, therefore, is to provide small employers sponsoring one or more covered health plans a general discussion of the scope and compliance requirements under the Security Rules. Report Link CMS Clarifies Compliance with the HIPAA Security Obligations for Sponsors of Group Health Plans.Jackson Lewis LLP - November 28, 2005 Employers sponsoring group health plans have had to come to grips with the compliance requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act administrative simplification regulations governing the privacy, security and electronic transmission of "protected health information." Many of these plan sponsors, however, were able to take advantage of the administrative safe harbor under the privacy regulations for plans that (i) are fully insured and (ii) with respect to which the plan sponsor has no access to protected health information. Report Link Security Rule Takes Effect (pdf).Vedder Price - April 22, 2005 The compliance date for the Security Rule, the next phase
of HIPAA compliance, is upon us. Report Link HR's Role in HIPAA Security Compliance.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - March 15, 2005 Suffering "HIPAA Privacy Rule fatigue," many human resources and benefits professionals have passed the compliance baton for the HIPAA Security Rule to their colleagues in the Information Technology (IT) Department.
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