HHS should recommend that Congress enact a comprehensive federal privacy law. ACP ASIM also expressed concerns about the rule s provisions that require physicians to provide patients, upon request, specific information about all parties that have had access to their protected health information. The College explained that this requirement is unworkable, particularly for small physician practices. While the Bush administration implemented the rules on April 14, administration officials said they will issue new modifications and guidelines to address criticisms of the final rule before its provisions become fully effective. College officials also said that they would continue to work with the administration to achieve modifications before the rule s provisions are fully implemented.
Physicians have two years to comply with the regulation.
It s Enough to Make You Sick, during a March 14 press conference in Washington. The report, Uninsured Women at Risk, focuses on the health risks faced by women without health coverage. Uninsured women are 2.3 times more likely than insured women to have never had a mammogram, 2.4 times more likely to have never had a clinical breast exam and 2.7 times more likely to have never had a Pap test. Women between 18 and 64 who had been uninsured for more than one year were 5.3 times more likely than insured women to report being unable to see a physician when needed in the past year. More than 50 health care organizations attended the briefing.