Total Health Care, Incorporated (THC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center. THC is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233 (h). Total Health Care is a FTCA deemed facility. Â©Total Health Care.
The federal agency charged with enforcement of HIPAA is the US Department of Health and Human Servicesâ Office of Civil Rights (OCR). The regulations dealing with the release and protection of health information are known as the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule.
Who's in charge of HIPAA enforcement? The recent FTC decision in the LabMD case (PDF) (full docket here) has HIPAA-watchers scratching their heads, tugging their beards, and generally wondering about reconciling FTC-style litigation-based regulation with OCR-style rule-based regulation of health care data privacy and security.