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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