New Breach Notification Requirements For HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates
Sep 18, 2009
The HITECH Act One of the things that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ( the "HITECH Act") (enacted on February 17, 2009) requires is that all HIPAA covered entities ("Covered Entities") that access, maintain, retain, modify, record, store, destroy, or otherwise hold, use, or disclose "Unsecured Protected Health Information" shall, in the event of a breach of…