Provides overview of the statutory and regulatory enforcement scheme for the administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which require HHS to establish national standards for the security and privacy of electronic health care information. Summarizes provisions of the HIPAA privacy and security rules and the HIPAA administrative simplification enforcement rule, and reviews recent enforcement actions by HHS and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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