New database for tracking HIPAA complaints underway
Compliance Monitor, July 13, 2005
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New database for tracking HIPAA complaints underway
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the formation of a new system to track complaints that entities have violated patient privacy.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Information Tracking System will be managed by the Office of E-Health Standards and Services, which oversees enforcement of HIPAA's administrative simplification, according to Health Data Management.
The purpose of the system, according to the July 6 Federal Register, is to
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