In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, the American Hospital Association recommended the withdrawal of the HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures due to the financial and administrative burdens it would put on covered entities and hospitals.
According to the letter, AHA stated the proposed rule's requirement to provide all individuals with a detailed report of who has access their protected health information is misguided although hospitals endorse the safeguarding of patients' medical information.
Instead, AHA asked HHS to withdraw the proposal and "reissue a request for information aimed at better reflecting the statutory requirements, the technological realities and better alignment of the regulation's effectiveness with the compliance burdens."
Read AHA's letter regarding HIPAA's accounting of disclosures rule (pdf).
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According to the letter, AHA stated the proposed rule's requirement to provide all individuals with a detailed report of who has access their protected health information is misguided although hospitals endorse the safeguarding of patients' medical information.
Instead, AHA asked HHS to withdraw the proposal and "reissue a request for information aimed at better reflecting the statutory requirements, the technological realities and better alignment of the regulation's effectiveness with the compliance burdens."
Read AHA's letter regarding HIPAA's accounting of disclosures rule (pdf).
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