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.
Privacy issues have taken a front seat in the recent national debates on how to improve the provision of mental health and substance use services. HIPAA and FERPA are the two major federal laws that govern disclosure of patientsâ mental health information, in conjunction with widely varying state-level laws.IPAA and FERPA are the two major federal laws that govern disclosure of patientsâ mental health information, in conjunction with widely varying state-level laws.