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• Fact Sheet: Privacy and Your Health Information
• Fact Sheet: Your Health Information Privacy Rights
• Fact Sheet: Protecting the Privacy of Patients' Health Information
• How to File a Health Information Privacy Complaint | [En Español]

General Background Information

• What is the Privacy Rule and why has HHS issued regulations? [PDF - 45KB]
• Privacy Rule Summary [PDF - 372KB] [RTF - 738KB]

HIPAA Regulations & Standards

• The Privacy Rule
• HIPAA Statute
• The Security Rule
• Transactions and Code Set Standards
• Identifier Standards

Compliance & Enforcement

• How to File a Health Information Privacy Complaint
• HIPAA Administrative Simplification Enforcement Proposed Rule, Published April 18, 2005 With a 60-Day Public Comment Period - [HTML | PDF - 258KB]
• Expiration Date of Interim Final Rule for Civil Money Penalties Procedures Extended to September 2005 [PDF – 48KB] [TXT – 8KB]
• Interim final rule: Civil Money Penalties: Procedures for Investigations, Imposition of Penalties, and Hearings [PDF - 87KB] [DOC - 214KB]

How to Contact OCR

Educational Materials

• Sign up for new OCR Privacy Listserv
• Summary of HIPAA Privacy Rule [PDF - 372KB] [RTF - 738KB]
• Fact sheets and Guidance on Specific Aspects of the Privacy Rule
• Am I a Covered Entity?
• Your Frequently Asked Questions on Privacy
• Sample Business Associate contract
• The Privacy Rule and Public Health
• The Privacy Rule and Research
• The Privacy Rule and Alcohol/Substance Abuse Progams
• Misleading Marketing on HIPAA Training
• Full List of Educational Materials

For Small Providers/Health Plans/Other Businesses

HIPAA-Related Links

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
• Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
• Portability of Health Coverage - _Dept. of Labor
• Full List of HIPAA-Related Links