American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications for the Health Care Sector and Other High Growth and Emerging Industries 
U.S. Dept. of Labor. Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Government, Federal Register
7/22/09
The DoL announces availability of approximately $220 million in grant funds authorized by ARRA for projects that provide training and placement services to help workers pursue careers in high growth and emerging industries, particularly healthcare.
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Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information; Interim Final Rule
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary.
U.S. Government, Federal Register
8/24/09
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued this
interim final rule with a request for comments to require notification of
breaches of unsecured protected health information.
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Civil Money Penalties: Procedures for Investigations, Imposition of Penalties, and Hearings--Extension of Expiration Date
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Register, U.S. Government
9/15/04
This regulatory action extends the expiration date one year to avoid the disruption of ongoing HIPAA enforcement actions while HHS proceeds with rulemaking to develop a more comprehensive enforcement rule.
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Clarification of the Use of Telecommunications Relay Services
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
U.S. Government, Federal Register
7/7/04
The FCC clarifies that the use of Telecommunications Relay Services to facilitate telephone calls between health care professionals and patients does not violate the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
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Executive Order 13335: Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology and Establishing the Position of the National Health Information Technology
U.S. President
Federal Register, U.S. Government
4/30/04
Official notice establishing the office of the National Health Information Technology Coordinator
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Fair Credit Reporting Medical Information
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve System, FDIC, National Credit Union Admin.
Federal Register, U.S. Government
4/28/04
Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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Federal Register Online
Federal Register, U.S. Government
1/1/04
The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
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Guidance Specifying the Technologies and Methodologies That Render Protected Health Information Unusable, Unreadable, or Indecipherable to Unauthorized Individuals for Purposes of the Breach Notification Requirements ... [of ARRA]
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary.
U.S. Government, Federal Register
4/27/09
guidance and request for information
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Health Breach Notification Rule [interim proposed rule]
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary.
U.S. Government, Federal Register
4/20/09
Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for public comment.
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Health Breach Notification Rule; Final Rule
U.S. Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Government, Federal Register
8/25/09
This rule, issued by the FTC, requires vendors of personal health records and related entities to notify consumers when the security of their individually identifiable health information has been breached.
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996--Civil money penalties; investigations procedures, penalties imposition, and hearings
U.S. DHHS
Federal Register, U.S. Government
4/17/03
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Health Insurance Reform: Modifications to Electronic Data Transaction Standards and Code Sets; Final Rule
U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
U.S. Government, Federal Register
2/20/03
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Health Insurance Reform: Modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Electronic Transaction Standards. Final Rule
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary.
U.S. Government, Federal Register
1/16/09
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Health Insurance Reform: Modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Electronic Transaction Standards. Proposed Rule
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary.
U.S. Government, Federal Register
8/22/08
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Health Insurance Reform: Security Standards; Final Rule
U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
U.S. Government, Federal Register
2/20/03
Word version of Security Rule
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HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement; Final Rule
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Federal Register, U.S. Government
2/16/06
The Final Rule adopts the complete regulatory structure for implementing the civil money penalty authority of the Administrative Simplification part of HIPAA.
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HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Modification to Medical Data Code Set Standards To Adopt ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS; Proposed Rule
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary.
U.S. Government, Federal Register
8/22/08
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HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Modifications to Medical Data Code Set Standards To Adopt ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS; Final Rule
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary.
U.S. Government, Federal Register
1/16/09
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HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standard Unique Health Identifier for Health Care Providers; Final Rule
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Federal Register, U.S. Government
1/23/04
This final rule establishes the standard for a unique health identifier for health care providers for use in the health care system and announces the adoption of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) as that standard.
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HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standards for Electronic Health Care Claims Attachments; Proposed Rule
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Federal Register, U.S. Government
9/23/05
The attachment standards will affect health care providers who transmit health information in electronic form in connection with a transaction covered by HIPAA, health plans, and health care clearinghouses.
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Hospital Conditions of Participation: Requirements for H&Ps; Authentication of Verbal Orders; Securing Medications; and Postanesthesia Evaluation. Proposed Rule
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Federal Register, U.S. Government
3/25/05
Proposed rule to revise four of the current hospital conditions of participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Hospital Inpatient PPS FY 2004 Final Rule (CMS-1470-F). Table 11: FY 2004 LTC-DRGs, Relative Weights, Geometric Average Length of Stay, and 5/6th of the Average Length of Stay
U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
U.S. Government, Federal Register
9/24/03
downloaded from the CMS web site
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Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation: Final Rule
U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Federal Register, U.S. Government
11/27/06
Finalized changes to four requirements of the hospital conditions of participation--requirements for history and physical examinations, authentication of verbal orders, securing medications, and postanesthesia evaluations
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Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Physicians' Referrals to Health Care Entities With Which They Have Financial Relationships; Final Rule
U.S. Health Care Financing Administration
Federal Register, U.S. Government
1/4/01
Stark II, phase I regulations (phase II to be published 3/26/04)
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Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Safe Harbor for Certain Electronic Prescribing Arrangements Under the Anti-Kickback Statute
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General
Federal Register, U.S. Government
10/11/05
This proposed rule would establish a new safe harbor under the federal anti-kickback statute for certain arrangements involving the provision of electronic prescribing technology.
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