Covered entities and business associates should prepare for new disclosure accounting requirements under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. In a Notice issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Proposed Rule provides patients with a right to an "accounting of disclosures" and the right to obtain an "access report" for electronic health records.
McGuireWoods has prepared a white paper, Proposed HIPAA Privacy Disclosure Accounting, addressing the following:
- Current Law
- Expansion of Accounting Required by the HITECH Act
- Accounting of Disclosure Requirements under the Proposed Rule
- Access Reports Required by Proposed Rule
- What Covered Entities Should Do
- What Business Associates Should Do
- Unresolved Issues under the Proposed Regulations
Comments on the Proposed Rule are due by August 1, 2011, and may be submitted at http://www.regulations.gov/.
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