HHS Publishes HITECH Act Accounting of Disclosures NPRM

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published in the May 31, 2011, Federal Register the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) entitled HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (76(104), pp. 31426-31449). Comments on the NPRM are requested to be submitted on or before August 1, 2011. HHS expects to review comments and publish the Accounting of Disclosures Final Rule by the end of 2011, which means that compliance with the accounting of disclosures requirement would begin sometime during the summer of 2012.

OMB Clears HITECH Act Accounting of Disclosures NPRM

OMB cleared on May 23, 2011, Notice of Proposed Rule Making relating to HITECH Act accounting of disclosures that modifies HIPAA Privacy Rule relating to such disclosures.