HHS puts more teeth into HIPAA regulations
HHS released an interim final rule on breach notification and the acceptable methods for covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) to encrypt and destroy patient records in order to prevent breaches of protected health information (PHI).
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 required HHS to issue the final guidance, six months after President Barack Obama signed into law Title XIII of the ARRA — the Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act.
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