GAO re: HCFA

[peter marshall <techdiff@ix.netcom.com>]

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>                   American Health Lawyers Association
>                          Health Law Highlights
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> Volume 1, Issue 32                                    Aug. 16, 1999

 GAO FINDS VULNERABILITIES IN HCFA'S MANAGEMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL 
HEALTH INFORMATION

>    In a report released August 11, the GAO discussed improvements that    HCFA
> needs to make to improve protection of confidential health information.     The
> GAO found that HCFA's policies and practices regarding the disclosure of
> personally identifiable health information are generally consistent with the
> provisions of the Privacy Act.  According to the report, however, some
> vulnerabilities in HCFA's management of electronic information could lead to
> unauthorized access to confidential information.

>    The full report is available free via the Ask Health Lawyers service at
> http://www.healthlawyers.org/askset.htm

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