Compliance with the HIPAA Medical Privacy Rule
Description:
As of April 14, 2003, most health care providers (including doctors and hospitals) and health plans are required to comply with the new Privacy Rule mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), and must comply with national standards to protect individually identifiable health information. The HIPAA Privacy Rule creates a federal floor of privacy protections for individually identifiable health information; establishes a set of basic consumer protection…
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Date:
April 24, 2003
Creator:
Stevens, Gina Marie
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department