Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
ISSN
0028-4793
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Language
en-US
Abstract
The new privacy regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) become effective April 14, 2003. This article outlines the implications of the new policy for practicing physicians. The regulations will affect virtually every physician, because they apply to any health care provider who conducts any business electronically, including billing. The regulations require health care providers to provide patients with a privacy notice that informs them who will have access to their records without their explicit consent and about patients' rights to inspect and amend their own records.
Recommended Citation
George J. Annas,
HIPAA Regulations: A New Era of Medical-Record Privacy?
,
in
348
New England Journal of Medicine
1486
(2003).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/1283
Comments
From The New England Journal of Medicine, George J. Annas, HIPAA Regulations: A New Era of Medical-Record Privacy?, Volume 348, Page 1486 Copyright ©(2003) Massachusetts Medical Society. Reprinted with permission.