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.
HIPAA was passed in 1996 but the Privacy Rule of HIPAA went into effect April 14, 2003. The privacy provisions of HIPAA grant the Department of Health and Human Services. authority to regulate the uses and disclosures of protected health information maintained by.