tailieunhanh - SUMMARY OF THE HIPAA PRIVACY RULE

For all its unique and novel aspects, social media is simply another method by which individuals and entities interact and communicate. In the insurance context, these individuals and entities include insurance companies, their employees, appointed producers, consumers, potential consumers and regulators. Thus, this document is intended to both educate these various groups and provide guidance to regulators, insurance companies and producers for addressing various social media concerns. If insurance companies, producers and regulators are to meet the challenges of this evolving technology, it is important that insurance entities have confidence that their investments. | OCR PRIVACY BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE HIPAA PRIVACY RULE HIPAA Compliance Assistance SUMMARY OF THE HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Contents Statutory Regulatory Who is Covered by the Privacy Business What Information is General Principle for Uses and Permitted Uses and Authorized Uses and Limiting Uses and Disclosures to the Minimum Notice and Other Individual Administrative Organizational Other Provisions Personal Representatives and State Enforcement and Penalties for Compliance Copies of the Rule Related End i SUMMARY OF THE HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Introduction The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information Privacy Rule establishes for the first time a set of national standards for the protection of certain health information. The . Department of Health and Human Services HHS issued the Privacy Rule to implement the requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HIPAA . 1 The Privacy Rule standards address the use and disclosure of individuals health information called protected health information by organizations subject to the Privacy Rule called covered entities as well as standards for individuals privacy rights to understand and control how their health information is used. Within HHS the Office for Civil Rights OCR has responsibility for implementing and enforcing the Privacy Rule with respect to voluntary compliance activities and civil money penalties. A major goal of the Privacy Rule is to assure that individuals health information is properly protected while allowing the flow of health information needed to provide and promote high quality health care and to protect the public s health and well being. The Rule strikes a balance that permits important uses of information while protecting the privacy .