HITECH ACT Mandates New Patient Privacy Requirements on Labs and Pathology Groups

Oct 22, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Labs Must Report Privacy Breaches of 500 or More to the Media Call it HITECH collides with HIPAA! Most pathologists and lab executives know that passage of the HITECH Act was the part of 2009’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (also referred to as “ARRA” or the “stimulus bill”). HITECH provides incentives for the expanded use of electronic health records by physicians and other providers. But what is lesser known is how the HITECH Act creates new legal obligations of covered entities and...
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