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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Health plan admin - HIPAA Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Guidance Overview] Under HITECH Act, Business Associates Now Directly Covered by HIPAA (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Expanded HIPAA Requirements and HHS Guidance on Securing Protected Health Information [Guidance Overview] The Stimulus Push for Electronic Health Records and Strengthened Privacy and Security Key Health IT Definition Expected Soon How Safe Are Your Medical Records? [Opinion] American Benefits Council Comment Letter to FTC Regarding Protected HITECH Health Information Guidance (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HHS Guidance on Securing Protected Health Information and Avoiding Breach Notification [Opinion] American Benefits Council Letter on HHS Guidance and Request for Information: HITECH Breach Notification (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Disclosure Accounting in Electronic Health Records Could Be Big Problem for HIPAA Covered Entities [Guidance Overview] COBRA Notice Was Sufficient Despite Employee's Claim That He Never Received It [Guidance Overview] HITECH Act HIPAA Guidance [Guidance Overview] HHS Guidance on Safe Harbor from Data Breach Notification Requirements [Guidance Overview] HIPAA Guidance and Request for Comments: Securing Protected Health Information and Breach Notification [Guidance Overview] ARRA's Amendments to HIPAA Privacy & Security Rules (PDF) [Guidance Overview] FAQs About Disposing of Protected Health Information [Guidance Overview] ARRA Required Changes in HIPAA Compliance [Guidance Overview] Final Updates to HIPAA EDI Rules [Guidance Overview] Swine Flu Pandemic Preparation for Employers: Legal Issues to Consider [Guidance Overview] Required Notifications of Breaches of Unsecured PHI Under HIPAA (PDF) [Guidance Overview] New HIPAA Breach Notification Requirements' Guidance [Guidance Overview] The Breach Notification Provisions of the HITECH Act [Guidance Overview] HHS Proposes Encryption and Destruction as Exclusive Methods for Securing PHI [Guidance Overview] FTC as Enforcer: Proposed Data Breach Notification Rule for Personal Health Records [Guidance Overview] New HIPAA Privacy and Security Requirements in Stimulus Bill (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HHS Issues Guidance on Securing Protected Health Information and Preventing Harm From Breaches [Guidance Overview] FTC Proposes Regulations on Security Breach Notification Requirements Applicable to Entities Not Covered Under HIPAA [Official Guidance] Federal Register Format of HHS Regs on Indecipherable Health Information Pursuant to HITECH (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Unsecured Protected Health Information for Notification of Breaches Under HIPAA [Guidance Overview] HHS's Long Awaited Guidance for Securing Protected Health Information (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HITECH's Security Breach Notification Requirements (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Proposed FTC Rule Would Expand Reach of Health Data Breach Regulations [Guidance Overview] Summary of Health Privacy Provisions in the 2009 Economic Stimulus Legislation (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HHS's First HITECH HIPAA Guidance [Guidance Overview] PHR Vendors and Related Entities Face the FTC'S New Health Breach Notification Rule (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Proposed FTC Rule Would Require Notice About Personal Health Record System Breaches [Guidance Overview] HIPAA Covered Entities Face a Variety of New Enforcement Risks [Guidance Overview] HITECH Changes to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules for Group Health Plans [Guidance Overview] Major Changes to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules [Guidance Overview] HIPAA Privacy Notice Reminder Deadline on April 14, 2009 [Guidance Overview] Increased HIPAA Obligation on Health Benefit Plans and Service Providers (PDF) [Guidance Overview] New Penalties of up to $50,000 per Violation for Noncompliance with Health Data Privacy and Security Rules [Guidance Overview] HITECH Act Modification of HIPAA's Privacy and Security Rules [Guidance Overview] Webinar: Unscrambling the New Legislative Requirements for 2009-2010 [Guidance Overview] Impact of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 on HIPAA Privacy & Security (PDF) [Guidance Overview] New HIPAA Special Enrollment Rights Effective April 1, 2009 [Guidance Overview] Major Changes to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules Are on the Way [Guidance Overview] Major Changes to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules [Guidance Overview] Presentation: Welfare Plan Compliance Checklist, Legislative and Regulatory Update, and HIPAA Title II (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Stronger Protections for Health Information (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HIPAA Changes Leading to New Era of Electronic Health Data (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Presentation: New Federal Legislation Affecting Health Plans (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HHS Enhances Its Health Information Privacy Webpage [Guidance Overview] Stimulus Law Includes Major Changes to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Summary of HIPAA Amendments in New Stimulus Package [Guidance Overview] Privacy Provisions of the HITECH Act (PDF) [Guidance Overview] New Privacy & Security Rules Included in Stimulus Bill [Guidance Overview] HIPAA Goes HITECH (PDF) [Guidance Overview] New Requirements on Third Party Administrators, Wellness Program Vendors, Disease Management Companies and other Business Associates [Guidance Overview] Timeline of HIPAA Privacy and Security Provisions (PDF) [Guidance Overview] New FAQs on Appropriate Disposal of Health Information 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