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- HITECH Act Enforcement Interim Final Rule - HHS. gov
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was signed into law on February 17, 2009, to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology Subtitle D of the HITECH Act addresses the privacy and security concerns associated with the electronic transmission of
- HITECH Act Rulemaking and Implementation Update - HHS. gov
OCR will implement important privacy and security provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act through notice and comment rulemaking, as required by the Administrative Procedure Act These provisions include: business associate liability; new limitations on the sale of protected health information, marketing, and fundraising communications; and
- Proposed Rulemaking to Implement HITECH Act Modifications
HHS HIPAA Home For Professionals The Security Rule Security Rule Guidance Material Proposed Rulemaking to Implement HITECH Act Modifications
- Regulatory Initiatives - HHS. gov
On December 27, 2024, the U S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a proposed rule to improve cybersecurity and better protect the U S health care system from a growing number of cyberattacks The proposed rule would modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule to require health plans
- Summary of the HIPAA Security Rule | HHS. gov
This is a summary of key elements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 1 (HIPAA) Security Rule, 2 as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act 3 The summary addresses who is covered, what information is protected, and what safeguards must be in place to ensure appropriate protection of electronic protected health
- Omnibus HIPAA Rulemaking - HHS. gov
The U S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights announces a final rule that implements a number of provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to strengthen the privacy and security protections
- Important Notice Regarding Individuals’ Right of Access to Health
On January 23, 2020, a federal court vacated the “third-party directive” within the individual right of access “insofar as it expands the HITECH Act’s third-party directive beyond requests for a copy of an electronic health record with respect to [protected health information] of an individual in an electronic format ”
- What is the intersection of the HIPAA right of access and the HITECH . . .
Under the HITECH Act’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) may receive incentive payments under Medicare and Medicaid and avoid payment reductions under Medicare for successfully demonstrating meaningful use of Certified EHR Technology, which
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