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Article: New HIPAA Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurers.(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- February 2, 2005
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Article by Kevin D. Lyles and Ned Milenkovich
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued two sets of final regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended ("HIPAA") that will soon become effective and that apply to group health plans and health insurance issuers. The first set of regulations implements previously established health insurance portability rules. The second set of regulations imposes new security standards on group health plans and health insurance that use electronic protected health information. This article will describe the compliance obligations for group health plans and health ...