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.
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, the office for Civil Rights is the government arm involved in enforcing the different provisions of HIPAA which include the HIPAA Privacy Rule; the HIPAA Security Rule, and HIPAA Breach Notification Rule and Patient Safety Rule.