[Med-privacy] HIPAA and Banks

[Peter Marshall]

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	=95 	NCVHS Publishes Recommendations on HIPAA and Banks. The =
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Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) published its=20
recommendations on the privacy of health information in the banking=20
system based on the hearings conducted in February 2004. The Committee=20=

urged clarification of banks' status under the Health Insurance=20
Portability and Accountability Act. In addition the Committee urged HHS=20=

to consider whether health information flowing through the ACH network=20=

should be encrypted to ensure that only intended recipients have access=20=

to it. (July 1)

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	=95 	<bold><fontfamily><param>Helvetica</param>NCVHS =
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Recommendations on HIPAA and Banks.</fontfamily></bold> The National
Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) published its
<color><param>0E0E,1F1F,6868</param>recommendations</color> on the
privacy of health information in the banking system based on the
hearings conducted in February 2004. The Committee urged clarification
of banks' status under the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act. In addition the Committee urged HHS to consider
whether health information flowing through the ACH network should be
encrypted to ensure that only intended recipients have access to
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