The regulations entitled Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, the Privacy Rule, were issued as a result of the health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. These entities, referred to as Covered Entities, are required by law to be compliant with the Privacy Rule by April 14th, 2003

The 3 main purposes to the Privacy Rule As stated by the Department of Health and Human Services.

• To protect the rights of patients by providing them access to their protected health information (PHI) and the ability to control the use and disclosure of their PHI.
• To restore public trust in the healthcare delivery system.
• To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery in the United States by creating a national framework for Healthcare privacy.

Click here to see our Notices of Privacy Practices.

Click here to print our Acknowledgment of Receipt of Privacy Notice