health insurance portability and accountability act

• Getting Payment for a Clean Bill of Health: Reconciling the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") for Health-Care Debt Collection

While the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") addressed the concerns of millions of Americans regarding their health care, the drafters failed to consider a major issue with regard to debt collection. The Act's privacy provisions create a conflict with the debt-validation requirement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"). Specifically, if third parties such as debt-collection agencies are involved in the debt-collection process, patient-debtors cannot receive validation for their medical debts under the current law without sacrificing their privacy to such an agency. This Note offers several alternatives to ameliorate or eradicate the problem, thereby maximizing both patient privacy and consumer protection. Congress should address this ...

• Iowa Law Review
• Nbr. 93-2, February 2008

• Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or ``the Department'') is issuing this final rule to: Modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules to implement statutory amendments under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (``the HITECH Act'' or ``the Act'') to strengthen the privacy and security protection for individuals' health information; modify the rule for Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information (Breach Notification Rule) under the HITECH Act to address public comment received on the interim final rule; modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule to strengthen the privacy protections for genetic information by implementing section 105 of Title I of the Genetic Informati...

• Federal Register Nbr. 78 FR 5565, January 25, 2013
• Rules and Regulations
• Health and Human Services Department

• Guidance Regarding Methods For De-Identification Of Protected Health Information In Accordance With The Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act

On November 26, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") issued guidance regarding the methods and ap...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English
• Food

• Guidance Regarding Methods For De-Identification Of Protected Health Information In Accordance With The Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act.

On November 26, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") issued guidance regarding the methods and ap...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2012, January 2012

• Are you hip with HIPAA? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is in place to benefit employees, but comes with some high costs to employers.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

• Alaska Business Monthly
• Vol. 19 Nbr. 3, March 2003

• Medicare and medicaid: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; implementation— Electronic health care claims attachments; standards,

• FR, September 23, 2005
• Proposed rules
• Health and Human Services Department

• Health insurance reform: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996— Security standards,

• FR, February 20, 2003
• Rules
• Health and Human Services Department

• Health insurance reform: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996— Standard unique health care provider identifier,

• FR, January 23, 2004
• Rules
• Health and Human Services Department

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; implementation: Expatriation; individuals losing United States citizenship; quarterly listing,

• FR, November 08, 2007
• Notices
• Internal Revenue Service

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; implementation: Expatriation; individuals losing United States citizenship; quarterly listing,

• FR, November 08, 2007
• Notices
• Internal Revenue Service