medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2003-02-20 · Effective 2003-04-21 · 68 FR 8334
Document
Document number
03-3877
Federal Register citation
68 FR 8334
CFR reference
45 CFR 160
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2003-02-20
Effective date
2003-04-21
HHS docket
CMS-0049-F
Abstract
This final rule adopts standards for the security of electronic protected health information to be implemented by health plans, health care clearinghouses, and certain health care providers. The use of the security standards will improve the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and otherFederal health programs and private health programs, and the effectiveness and efficiency of the health care industry in general by establishing a level of protection for certain electronic health information. This final rule implements some of the requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability andAccountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).