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Employers urge HHS to revamp privacy rule.(Department of Health and Human Services)(Brief Article)
Business Insurance, May, 2002 by Fletcher, Meg
WASHINGTON-Sixty employers, self-insurers and insurer groups have urged federal officials in a letter to revise a proposed health care privacy rule, warning that the federal rule, if left unchanged, will inadvertently place unworkable restrictions on all state-based workers compensation systems.
The latest version of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' rule to protect individuals' personally identifiable health information will subject workers comp payers to ``disclosure roadblocks,'' although the rule's provisions technically apply only to health insurers and not workers comp insurers, according to the 25-page letter that was sent to department officials late last month. The most serious roadblock includes a requirement that an injured...
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