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HIPAA Administrative Simplification:Enforcement; Final Rule

Federal Register

The Secretary of Health and Human Services is adopting rules for the imposition of civil money penalties
on entities that violate rules adopted by the Secretary to implement the provisions of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104–191 (HIPAA). The final rule amends the existing rules relating to the investigation of noncompliance to make them apply to all of the HIPAA Administrative
Simplification rules, rather than exclusively to the privacy standards. It also amends the existing rules relating to the process for imposition of civil money penalties. Among other matters, the final rule clarifies and elaborates upon the investigation process, bases for liability, determination of the penalty amount, grounds for waiver, conduct of the hearing, and the appeal proces

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