Harm thresholds: Opportunity for CEs to be more accountable for PHI, breach mitigation
Strategies for Health Care Compliance, December 1, 2009
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But it wasn’t all bad news for CEs and BAs.
The rule’s “harm threshold” provision provides CEs an avenue to avoid reporting a breach to HHS. If the incident involves encrypted data compliant with HHS guidelines or if a risk assessment shows that the disclosure does not pose a significant risk to the affected individual, there is no breach.
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