Enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

Provides overview of the statutory and regulatory enforcement scheme for the administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which require HHS to establish national standards for the security and privacy of electronic health care informati...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Provides overview of the statutory and regulatory enforcement scheme for the administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which require HHS to establish national standards for the security and privacy of electronic health care information. Summarizes provisions of the HIPAA privacy and security rules and the HIPAA administrative simplification enforcement rule, and reviews recent enforcement actions by HHS and the Department of Justice.
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