Ropes & Gray: HHS Issues Proposed Rule Modifying Accounting of Disclosures Under HIPAA and HITECH | Practical Law

Ropes & Gray: HHS Issues Proposed Rule Modifying Accounting of Disclosures Under HIPAA and HITECH | Practical Law

This Ropes & Gray LLP memorandum discusses the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH), which granted broader rights to individuals with respect to their Protected Health Information (PHI), including expanding the rights of individuals to receive and accounting of certain disclosures made through an electronic health record (EHR), but has limited the time period for maintaining documentation of such disclosures to the three years prior to the date on which the accounting is requested.

Ropes & Gray: HHS Issues Proposed Rule Modifying Accounting of Disclosures Under HIPAA and HITECH

by Ropes & Gray LLP
Published on 13 Jun 2011 • USA (National/Federal)
This Ropes & Gray LLP memorandum discusses the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH), which granted broader rights to individuals with respect to their Protected Health Information (PHI), including expanding the rights of individuals to receive and accounting of certain disclosures made through an electronic health record (EHR), but has limited the time period for maintaining documentation of such disclosures to the three years prior to the date on which the accounting is requested.