The Final HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, Enforcement, and GINA “Omnibus” Rule was released from OMB to the Federal Register late on the afternoon of January 17 and published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 25. The 563-page rule becomes effective (and publishable in the Code of Federal Regulations) on Tuesday, March 26, […]
By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued final rules to: Modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules to implement statutory amendments under the Health Information Technology Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) to strengthen the privacy and security […]
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is urgently requesting input from every provider agency regarding the potential impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that certain employers pay a penalty when they do not provide a qualified health plan to employees. NAHC’s efforts to alert the home […]
