Most of the technoloigcal requirements of HIPAA are discussed under The Security Rule.
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Six years
6 years
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information.
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six years
HIPPA requires health organizations to retain documentation for at least 6 years.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for the implementation of the HIPPA regulations.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (http://www.hhs.gov/) has delegated that the Administrator, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has authority to enforce and investigate noncompliance of HIPAA. Check instead the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights, who has primary jurisdiction at this time. See the link below: Enforcement may after review be passed over to the Deptartment of Justice.