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For information related to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, such as Business Associate agreements, protection of patient records, a copy of the privacy rule, filing a privacy complaint or other questions, please check The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) website in the "Related Links Outside CMS" section below.

New OCR Guidance on the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the Electronic Exchange of Health Information

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published new HIPAA Privacy Rule guidance as part of the Department's Privacy and Security Toolkit to implement The Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy and Security Framework). The Privacy and Security Framework and Toolkit is designed to establish privacy and security principles for health care stakeholders engaged in the electronic exchange of health information and includes tangible tools to facilitate implementation of these principles. The new HIPAA Privacy Rule guidance in the Toolkit discusses how the Privacy Rule supports and can facilitate electronic health information exchange in a networked environment. In addition, the guidance includes documents that address electronic access by an individual to his or her protected health information and how the Privacy Rule may apply to and supports the use of Personal Health Records.

To view these HIPAA guidance documents please visit the OCR Privacy Rule website, see the link in the "Related Links Outside CMS" section below.  For more information on the Privacy and Security Framework and to view other documents in the Privacy and Security Toolkit, see the "Related Links Outside CMS" section below.

Updated Unofficial Version of HIPAA Administrative Simplification Regulation Text

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) posted the updated Unofficial Version of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Regulation Text, as amended, on February 16, 2006.  This document includes the final "HIPAA Administrative Simplification Enforcement Rule" that was published at 71 Federal Register 8389 (February 16, 2006).  This document includes the HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules at 45 CFR Part 162 administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.  Thus, this version now includes all of the final HIPAA Administrative Simplification regulations. To view this document, see the link in the "Related Links Outside CMS" section below.

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