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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a federal law that provides baseline privacy and security standards for medical information. The United States Department of Health and Human Services is the federal agency in charge of creating rules that implement and enforce it.

Yes, you have the right to see who accessed your medical record, when they saw it, what they saw and their purpose for seeing it. This accounting of disclosures will cover up to the six years prior to your request date.

Yes, it can. When an employee’s claim goes through the state system or the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB), the case becomes public record. Read More

Submitted to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for FACTA
Fair Credit Reporting Proposed Rulemaking

Complaint Submitted to Department of Health and Human Services

By Mark Hochhauser, Ph.D., Readability Consultant
and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Submitted by e-mail: OCRComplaint@hhs.gov

Some patients who get their prescriptions filled through supermarket pharmacies and chain drug stores such as Albertson's, Walgreens, RiteAid, SavOn and CVS may be surprised to get a solicitation in the mail that looks like a friendly reminder to refill their prescription. Read More

Comments Submitted by PrivacyActivism and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human and Services

January 18, 2005

Submitted: May 24, 2005 to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for FACTA, Fair Credit Reporting Proposed Rulemaking by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.