It will be updated as needed, so keep checking back. The Communications Technology Consultancy is providing this page as a public service and do not warrant the accuracy of materials you may find on it or through its links. DHHS is going through comments on the Privacy NPRM, and has held the Security NPRM back as well. They have not given a release date for the final version of either rule. Once the final Security and Electronic SIgnature Rules take effect, most affected organizations have two years to comply.
Small organizations get an additional year.
The Notice of Proposed Rule-Making, explaining the proposed standards and how they can be fulfilled. The Notice of Proposed Rule-Making, explaining the proposed standards and how they can be fulfilled. DHHS Administrative Simplification Website Official DHHS web site. Most of the links above lead to selected parts of this website. Electronic Health Information A study on protecting health care information, published by the National Academy of Sciences.