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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published two YouTube videos summarizing the HIPAA omnibus rule, which becomes enforceable on September 23, 2013. In a mere three minutes and 14 seconds, OCR gives providers a high level summary of the key points that covered entities and business associates need to understand. The video is available at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX-QL9PoePU. An even shorter video tells patients about their "new and important rights." That video is available at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-wV23_E4eQ. The videos cover the provisions of the new rules dealing with topics such as:
- Revisions to the Notice of Privacy Practices;
- Prohibitions on sale of protected health information;
- The right to restrict disclosures to a health plan when services are paid for out-of-pocket;
- The new breach risk assessment provisions; and
- Patients' ability to request a copy of their electronic medical record in electronic form.
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