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Protecting the Privacy of Personal Health Information

	Compliance & Enforcement How to File a Health Information Privacy Complaint Health Information Privacy Complaint Form [PDF] Interim final rule: Civil Money Penalties: Procedures for Investigations, Imposition of Penalties, and Hearings [PDF]

	GENERAL INFORMATION The Privacy Rule HIPAA Statute The Security Rule Identifier Standards What is the Privacy Rule and why has HHS issued regulations? Privacy Rule Summary [PDF] HIPAA Glossary & Acronyms

	SMALL PROVIDERS & BUSINESSES HIPAA essentials outline HIPAA Checklist OCR Summary - HIPAA Privacy Rule Frequently Asked Questions Am I a covered entity? Covered Entity Flowchart

	HIPAA - Related Links Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) The Privacy Rule and Public Health (CDC) The Privacy Rule and Research (NIH) National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Portability of Health Coverage - Dept. of Labor Full List of HIPAA-Related Links

	For Consumers Fact Sheet: Protecting the Privacy of Patients' Health Information Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information

Regulations and Standards

Final Rule

The Final Rule adopting HIPAA standards for the security of electronic health information was published in the Federal Register on February 20, 2003. This final rule specifies a series of administrative, technical, and physical security procedures for covered entities to use to assure the confidentiality of electronic protected health information. The standards are delineated into either required or addressable implementation specifications.

Complete Rule as published in the Federal Register - PDF Format (309KB)