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2000 CIS S 43116
TITLE: Proposed
Rule on the Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health
Information
CIS-NO: 2000-S431-16
SOURCE:
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate
DOC-TYPE:
Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-501
DATE: Apr. 26, 2000
LENGTH: iii+232 p.
CONG-SESS:
106-2
ITEM-NO: 1043-A; 1043-B
SUDOC:
Y4.L11/4:S.HRG.106-501
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2000-15906
SUMMARY:
Hearing to review Nov. 1999 HHS
proposed rule on the privacy of individually identifiable
health information, as required by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act.
Supplementary material (p.
189-232) includes submitted statements, correspondence, and witnesses' written
replies to Committee questions.
CONTENT-NOTATION:
Medical info confidentiality protection, HHS proposed rule
review
DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; MEDICAL REGULATION;
HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; RIGHT OF PRIVACY; INFORMATION
SERVICES AND SYSTEMS; MEDICAL ETHICS; HEALTH INSURANCE
PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
00-S431-16 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Apr. 26, 2000 p. 6-34
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
HEINRICH, JANET (Associate Director, Health
Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services
Division, GAO)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Assessment of HHS proposed rule on confidentiality of
personal health information; review of public responses to
proposed rule by 40 selected organizations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Medical info confidentiality protection,
HHS proposed rule review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
00-S431-16 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Apr. 26, 2000 p. 35-74
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
HOUSTON,
JOHN P. (Director, Information Services Division, UPMC Health
System; representing American Hospital Association)
FARMER, KATHY (Manager, U.S. Compensation and Benefits,
Hewlett-Packard; representing Washington Business Group on Health)
KOSKI, E. GREG (Dr.) (Associate Professor, Anesthesia and
Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Concerns of hospitals and
health systems regarding HHS proposed rule on confidentiality of patient
information; differing views on HHS proposed regulation
(related doc, p. 51-56).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Medical info confidentiality protection,
HHS proposed rule review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES
00-S431-16 TESTIMONY NO: 3 Apr. 26,
2000 p. 75-189
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
HOROBIN, JOANNA C. (Dr.) (Executive Vice President,
Commercial Development, EntreMed, Inc.; representing Biotechnology Industry
Organization)
KAHN, CHARLES N., III (President, Health
Insurance Association)
GOLDMAN, JANLORI (Director, Health
Privacy Project, Institute for Health Care Research and Policy,
Georgetown University)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Concerns regarding impact of HHS proposed rule on
medical research and drug development (related article, p.
83-85); recommendations for revisions to HHS proposed regulation, including need
to expand HHS rule to cover medical information in both paper
and electronic formats.
INSERTION:
--
Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, "Comments
on Proposed Federal Standards for Privacy of Individually
Identifiable Health Information" Feb. 17, 2000 (p. 101-186).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Medical
info confidentiality protection, HHS proposed rule review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY; DRUGS;
COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATION SECURITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001 
