Department of Health and Human Services Releases Final HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Rule

January 25th, 2013
Health IT

On January 17, the Department of Health and Human Services released its long-awaited final HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Rule implementing provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).

The rule makes important changes in the way HIPAA covered entities, business associates and downstream subcontractors are regulated. In several respects, the rule goes beyond statutory requirements to create new requirements and expand the reach of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules.

The compliance date for most of the rule’s provisions is September 23, 2013.

Morris, Manning & Martin will present a

Read More