hhs.gov RFI - Accounting of Disclosures Under HIPAA/HITECH

[Faith Mcgrath <faith.mcgrath () YALE EDU>]

Yale is discussing whether to respond to this RFI and is curious as to 
whether other schools including AMCs (medical colleges) may have plans 
to comment.  From an IT perspective, the functionality of your EHR 
(electronic health record) may impact the burden of this requirement. 
This may not be of general interest to the entire list, but please feel 
free to contact me off-list if you are willing to share what your 
institution is discussing/planning. Thanks. -Faith

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HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures Under the Health 
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; Request for 
Information
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-10054.pdf
"Section 13405(c) of the Health Information Technology for Economic and 
Clinical Health (HITECH) Act expands an individual’s right under the 
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) 
Privacy Rule to receive an accounting of disclosures of protected health 
information made by HIPAA covered entities and their business 
associates. In particular, section 13405(c) of the HITECH Act requires 
the Department of Health and Human Services (‘‘Department’’ or ‘‘HHS’’) 
to revise the HIPAA Privacy Rule to require covered entities to account 
for disclosures of protected health information to carry out treatment, 
payment, and health care operations if such disclosures are through an 
electronic health record. This document is a request for information 
(RFI) to help us better understand the interests of individuals with 
respect to learning of such disclosures, the administrative burden on 
covered entities and business associates of accounting for such 
disclosures, and other information that may inform the Department’s 
rulemaking in this area."

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/healthit/accountingrfi.html


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Faith McGrath, Compliance Officer
Yale University ITS - Information Security
faith.mcgrath () yale edu
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