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July 12, 2010
HHS Proposes New Health IT Changes To HIPAA.
Modern Healthcare (7/9, Conn) reports, "HHS has proposed a new federal healthcare information privacy rule to amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 [HIPAA]." HHS says that "the proposed rule would give patients the right to restrict certain disclosures and ban the sale of patient data without patient consent."
In addition, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will issue "a final regulation on standards and criteria by which electronic health-records systems will be tested and certified for eligibility in a stimulus law program subsidizing EHR purchases by providers."
Reuters (7/9, Lentz) notes that HHS proposed a new rule that would extend HIPAA by fining American companies for any disclosure of private patient information while working in partnership with hospitals.
Related Links:
- Late News: HHS tweaking HIPAA," Modern Healthcare, July 9, 2010.
Posted by admin at July 12, 2010 04:24 PM