U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius proposed new
rules that would expand the rights of patients to access their health information through the
use of health information technology. One proposal is a voluntary Personal Health Record
Model Privacy Notice, which would creates an easy-to-read, standardized template allowing
consumers to compare and make informed decisions based on health care providers' PHR privacy
and security policies, and data practices. MORE

source: http://www.hhs.gov/

    Modern Healthcare

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act turned 15 years old in August,
and as evidence of its lasting impact, providers and payers will be scrambling over the
next four months to meet yet another HIPAA compliance deadline.This one is Jan. 1 and
requires health care providers, health plans and claims clearinghouses to convert from
a decade-old set of standards for electronic data interchange to its more modern counterpart.
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source: www.modernhealthcare.com