HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information. In 2009 Congress made numerous changes to HIPAA as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
These changes were added with a $19 billion appropriation intended to incentivize the use of electronic health data and information. The changes include new privacy and security requirements, increased penalties and improved enforcement.
Tell Your Local Legislators the Tax Hurts You
March 3, 2010:
OHA created templates letters for CEOs as well as hospital/health system employees to let local legislators know they are angry the hospital is paying a tax to the state when it could be using those funds to hire staff or expand the local economy. With a few simple clicks, the letters can be e-mailed or printed and mailed to local legislators.
View template letter from CEOs
View template letter from hospital/health system employee