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HIPAA
There are three types of standards created by HIPAA: privacy, security and administrative simplification (e.g., transaction standards).
HIPAA - Resources - Electronic Transactions
The One-Year Extension for Complying with HIPAA's Standards for Electronic Transactions: How Does it Affect You?
HIPAA - Privacy Resources
Keeping Our Medical Privacy Promises: Fact Sheet on the Practical Effects of the Original Rule -- and How Proposed Modifications Will Make It More Effective for Patients and Providers.
HIPAA - Resources - FAQ - conducting surveys
Under HIPAA, can a hospital conduct surveys or questionnaires of patients to learn whether they were satisfied with the care they received and, if so, what requirements or limitations are there on such activities? Can a hospital hire a vendor to conduct the surveys?
HIPAA - Archive of Privacy and Security Standards Resources
HIPAA - Archive of Privacy and Security Standards Resources.
HIPAA - Resources - Updated NEMA Business Associate Sample Contract Language
This updated version of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association’s (NEMA) sample HIPAA business associate agreement reflects the requirements of the final HIPAA Security Rule.
HHS will not appeal AHA court victory in online tracking case
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will not appeal its loss in American Hospital Association v. Becerra. The AHA, joined by the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources, and United Regional Health Care System, last November sued HHS to bar enforcement of a new rule adopted in guidance by the Office for Civil Rights titled “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates,” which prevented hospitals and health systems from using standard third-party web technologies that capture IP addresses on key portions of their public-facing webpages.
Opinion & Order In American Hospital Association, Et Al v Xavier Becerra, Et Al
A United States District Court Judge in Texas today ruled in favor of the AHA, Texas Hospital Association, and hospital plaintiffs, agreeing that Department of Health and Human Services “bulletins” that restrict health care providers from using standard third-party web technologies that capture IP addresses on portions of their public-facing webpages were unlawful final rules and vacating the March 2024 Revised Bulletin.
Judge rules in favor of AHA vacating HHS online tracking ‘bulletin’ as unlawful and beyond agency authority
A United States District Court Judge in Texas today ruled in favor of the AHA, Texas Hospital Association, and hospital plaintiffs, agreeing that Department of Health and Human Services “bulletins” that restrict health care providers from using standard third-party web technologies that capture IP addresses on portions of their public-facing webpages were unlawful final rules and vacating the March 2024 Revised Bulletin.