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Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 5:31
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Subject: HHS Secretary delegates
HIPAA Security Rule to OCR
Announcement
Monday, August 3, 2009
Secretary Delegates HIPAA Security
Rule to OCR
On August
3, 2009 OCR announced that the
Secretary of Health and Human Services has delegated to the Director of OCR the
authority to administer and enforce the HIPAA Security Rule. This
action by Secretary Sebelius will improve HHS’ ability to protect
individuals’ health information by combining the authority for
administration and enforcement of the Federal standards for health information
privacy and security called for in the HIPAA.
The transition of authority for the administration and enforcement of
the Security Rule is expected to be seamless with no interruption in the
management or processing of any complaints filed prior to the transition.
Consumers may continue to submit HIPAA security complaints using the on-line
resource – the Administrative Simplification Enforcement Tool (ASET),
found at https:htct.hhs.gov/aset.
New security complaints may also be sent to the Office for Civil Rights.
For more information and detailed instructions on how to submit a complaint to
OCR, visit the OCR website: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/.
The transition of security complaints from CMS to OCR has no impact on how
complaints about Transactions and Codes Sets or Unique Identifiers are filed or
processed. CMS retains its enforcement authority for these other
HIPAA rules.
View the Federal Register notice of the Delegation of Authority at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/srdelegationofauthority2009.pdf
and the Secretary’s press release at http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/08/20090803a.html.
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This is an announce-only list, a resource to distribute information about the HIPAA Privacy Rule. For additional information on a wide range of topics about the the Privacy Rule, please visit the OCR Privacy website at www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/. You can also call the OCR Privacy toll-free phone line at (866) 627-7748. Information about OCR's civil rights authorities and responsibilities can be found on the OCR home page at www.hhs.gov/ocr
If you believe that a person or organization covered by the Privacy Rule (a "covered entity") violated your health information privacy rights or otherwise violated the Privacy Rule, you may file a complaint with OCR. For additional information about how to file a complaint, see the Fact Sheet "How to File a Health Information Privacy Complaint," available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacyhowtofile.htm .
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