HIPAA Compliance

EMG Lab follows standards and rules mandated by HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, passed by Congress in 1996. HIPAA provides for a number of patient safeguards, including provision of industry-wide standards related to health care information on electronic billing and other processes; and protection and confidential handling of protected health information.

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HIPAA includes three primary rules:

• The Privacy Rule establishes standards for the protection of certain protected health information (PHI).

• The Security Rule establishes security standards for protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of PHI held or transmitted in electronic form, otherwise known as electronic protected health information (ePHI). 

• The Breach Notification Rule establishes standards for notification following a breach of unsecured PHI.

For more detailed information about HIPAA, go to www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/index.html.