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HIPAA Final Rules Eliminates Covered Entities’ Discretion to Comply with Individuals’ Requests for Restriction of PHI Disclosure in Certain Cases

This article marks our first in a series of articles pertaining to the new HIPAA Final Rules implementing the HITECH Act. Before the Final Rule, covered entities  were required under HIPAA to permit individuals to request that covered entities restrict the use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) for treatment, payment and health care […]

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