The individually identifiable health information collected is used by patients and by more than 500,000 covered entities affected by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The information is routinely used by covered entities for treatment, payment, and health care operations. In addition, the information is used for specified public policy purposes, including research, public health, and as required by other laws.
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Pub.L. 104 - 191 1
Name of Law: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
We have decreased the number of requests for an exception determination (45 CFR 160.204) from 16 to one, based on our experience over the last three years. As a result the total burden hours associated with this requirement is now 16 hours as compared with 640 hours at a cost of $687, reduced from $15,539. We have also decreased the estimated number of requests for an accounting of disclosures (45 CFR 164.528) based on our experience and feedback from regulated entities. Many fewer such requests are made each year when compared to the requests for access or amendment. Feedback we have received from covered entities suggests that, in any given year, the majority of such entities receive no requests to provide an accounting of disclosures. As such, we estimate that 10 percent of the approximately 700,000 covered entities will receive only one request per year, for approximately 70,000 requests annually. This reduces the burden hours to provide an accounting from 90,000 hours to 5,833 hours and the related costs from $2.2 million to $250,586. We have also used the updated covered entity count of 700,000 in calculating the burden hours in uses and disclosures in 45 CFR 164.504 and 164.508, but have not otherwise altered the assumptions for these collection burdens. The burden hours for the organizational requirements in 45 CFR 164.504 is now 58,333 (down from 63,733 burden hours in the 2009 ICR) and 700,000 burden hours for authorizations in 45 CFR 164.508 (down slightly from 764,799 in the 2009 ICR). However, the costs for these two items actually increased due to the change, explained below, in the hourly wage rate.
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No
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No
Uncollected
Sherrette Funn-Coleman 2026905683
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
20296_ID 0945-0003 Supporting Statement Omnibus HITECH GINA.docx
Revison of Notice of Privacy Practices (providers)