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Are earlier HIPAA compliance efforts still sufficient?

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus Bill" or HITECH Act) added a number of changes, clarifications, and new regulations to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

The provisions that affect most private practices (and their current compliance efforts) are:
  • Unsecured (and Secured) Protected Health Information
  • What You Must Do for Every BREACH (even involving a single patient)
  • Larger (!) Fines for Violations
  • Clarification of Individual Criminal Acts
  • One Requested Restriction You Can't Refuse
  • Accounting for Every Access to Electronic Records
  • Prohibition on Sale of Electronic Health Records or PHI
  • Access to Information in Some Unknown Electronic Format
  • You May Have Additional Business Associates

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