HIPAA IT Compliance Guide
“What exactly are the many ongoing effects of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) on health information technology (HIT)?” asks Lori Beerman in channelinsider’s Managed Services.
“What is HIPAA? To address the emerging role of health care technology, Congress passed HIPAA in 1996. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) codified the following primary HIPAA rules between 2000 and 2013 to implement and refine the law’s requirements:
- Privacy Rule
- Security Rule
- Final Omnibus Rule (includes Enforcement Rule)”