| Subject: | HHS Issues Rules Adjusting Penalties Under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Rule for Inflation |
| Category: | Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
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| Published: | Wed, 2 Sep 2009 - 06:00 am |
| As required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Inflation Adjustment Act), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued both a direct final rule and a proposed rule adjusting for inflation the maximum civil money penalty amount for violations of the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act. These confidentiality provisions are enforced by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The Inflation Adjustment... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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