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Federal
regulation under the Health Insurance Portability
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and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) (amended in
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2002
before it took effect)
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Applies
only to “covered entities” which are health plans,
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health
care providers, including hospitals, business
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associates
of covered entities using PHI data, health
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care
clearinghouses (i.e., public or private organizations
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that
handle billing or management of health care delivery
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data),
Rule was implemented for most parties on April
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14,
2003
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The
privacy rule also known as Standards for Privacy of
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Individually
Identifiable Health Information
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Code
of Federal Regulations Title 45, Part 160 and 164
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Full
text available at the Federal HIPAA Privacy Website
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http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa
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