From now through early December, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach notification, securing of protected health information, and electronic health record (EHR) standards development and adoption. These definitions are key to understanding the referenced HIPAA and HITECH Act enabling regulations that are effective now and that will require compliance by covered entities and business associates now or in the months ahead, as indicated in HIPAA.com’s timeline. Each posting will contain three definitions, with a date reference to the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), or statute, as appropriate. Exploring HIPAA…
Tag: Vendor of Personal Health Records
HITECH Privacy Provisions Include HIPAA Privacy Definitions and New or Broadened Concepts
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Vendor of Personal Health Records
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Use
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Treatment
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of State
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Security
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Secretary
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Protected Health Information
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Personal Health Record
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…