Health Blawg
JANUARY 16, 2019
Then, in 2009, as part of the Recovery Act, Congress passed the HITECH Act, one title of which is a statute that amended the HIPAA regulations — regulations that were drafted in the absence of a specific statute. And that’s what happened: Congress did not act, and HHS went to town on its own. The regs were finalized in 2003.)
Health Blawg
JANUARY 16, 2019
Then, in 2009, as part of the Recovery Act, Congress passed the HITECH Act, one title of which is a statute that amended the HIPAA regulations — regulations that were drafted in the absence of a specific statute. And that’s what happened: Congress did not act, and HHS went to town on its own. The regs were finalized in 2003.)
Docnotes
JANUARY 30, 2022
We’ve seen this movie before: in 2009, the HITECH Act, part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, funded incentive money for medical providers and hospitals to invest in information technology.
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