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March 13, 2003 at 07:00 PM
NU Online News Service, March 13, 2003, 11:55 a.m. EST – The National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, is exploring the possibility of developing a privacy certification program for health care “business associates” with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
New federal regulations stemming from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 require the business associates of doctors, hospitals and health insurers to protect the privacy of personal health information.
The doctors, hospitals and insurers are responsible for using accreditation programs, certification programs and other means to verify that their business associates are doing a good job of protecting private health information.
