HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) Privacy and Civil Liberties Office (Privacy Office) manages a comprehensive privacy and security program that ensures compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules codified at
45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and
164.
The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules are implemented within the Military Health System (MHS) by
DoDI 6025.18, "Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information in DoD Health Care Programs", December 2, 2009 and
DoD 8580.02-R, "Department of Defense Health Information Security Regulation," August 12, 2016.
As set forth by DoDI 6025.18, the Privacy Office supports the protection of beneficiary health information and HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance by all MHS business processes, procedures, and systems that solicit, collect, maintain access, use, disclose, and dispose of protected health information (PHI).
Concurrently, through its HIPAA security program, as set forth by DoDI 8580.02-R, the Privacy Office supports the protection of the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic PHI against any reasonably anticipated threats or hazards, including implementation of reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards by MHS covered entities under HIPAA.
On October 1
st, 2013, DHA’s Deputy Director issued the updated DHA HIPAA
Notice of Privacy Practice (NoPP). This NoPP establishes and details the core tenets of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules at DHA for the use, disclosure, and protection of PHI, and confirms the responsibility and authority of the Director, DHA Privacy Office, as the DHA HIPAA Privacy and HIPAA Security Officer.
Please note that the Privacy Office does not provide information on the Transactions, Code Sets and Identifiers requirements of HIPAA’s Administrative Simplification provisions. For these types of inquiries, please contact the DHA HIPAA Electronic Transactions, Code Sets and Identifiers Team at
dha.ncr.bus-info-mgt.mbx.hipaatcsimail@mail.mil or refer to their website at
https://health.mil/HIPAA-Compliance-within-the-MHS
Any issues concerning HIPAA Privacy please contact Kenner Army Health Clinic Privacy Office.