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.
PL:
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
No
No
No
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)