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1 CIS H 78140
TITLE:
Confidentiality of Patient Records
CIS-NO: 2001-H781-40
SOURCE: Committee on Ways and Means. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Feb. 17, 2000
LENGTH:
v+178 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1028-A; 1028-B
SUDOC: Y4.W36:106-89
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2001-10039
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26522-8.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-89. Hearing before the Subcom on Health to review
HHS Nov. 1999 proposed rule on the privacy of individually
identifiable health information, as required by the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act if Congress failed to enact
privacy legislation by Aug. 21, 1999 (Subcom advisory, p. 2-3).
Supplementary material (p. 88-178) includes submitted statements
and correspondence.
CONTENT-NOTATION:
Medical info confidentiality protection, HHS proposed rule
review
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM
ON HEALTH, WAYS AND MEANS. HOUSE; MEDICAL REGULATION;
HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; RIGHT OF PRIVACY; INFORMATION
SERVICES AND SYSTEMS; MEDICAL ETHICS; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES; CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE RELATIONS; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
01-H781-40 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Feb. 17, 2000 p. 11-39
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
HAMBURG, MARGARET A. (Dr.) (Assistant Secretary, Planning
and Evaluation, HHS)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of HHS proposed rule on confidentiality of
patient information; need for legislation to protect
medical information confidentiality, with recommendations
regarding preemption of State laws.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Medical info confidentiality protection,
HHS proposed rule review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS; STATE LAWS
01-H781-40 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Feb. 17, 2000 p. 40-88
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
PLESTED,
WILLIAM G., III (Dr.) (Board Member, AMA)
FOX, ALISSA
(Executive Director, Office of Policy and Representation, Blue Cross and Blue
Shield Association)
GOLDMAN, JANLORI (Director, Health
Privacy Project, Institute for Health Care Research and Policy,
Georgetown University)
GREALY, MARY R. (President,
Healthcare Leadership Council)
OBER, N. STEPHEN (Dr.)
(President and CEO, Synergy Health Care; also representing Quintiles
Transnational Corp)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Concerns of physicians and health plans about HHS proposed
rule complexity and administrative burdens; importance of improved patient
privacy protections, with assessment of HHS proposed rule;
feared adverse impact of HHS proposed rule on healthcare claims clearinghouses.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Medical
info confidentiality protection, HHS proposed rule review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; PHYSICIANS; HEALTH INSURANCE; CLAIMS
LOAD-DATE: January 31, 2002 
