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APA Generally Pleased With HIPAA Final Privacy Rule

APA says it is encouraged by additional patient privacy protections that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has included in a final HIPAA rule released this week. The HIPAA Final Rule enables patients who pay with cash to instruct their health care providers to not make information about their treatment available to insurers, while also requiring health care providers who are HIPAA covered entities to include within their Notice of Privacy Practices (NPPs) a statement of the right of patients to be notified following a breach of their protected health...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - 2 days ago

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