Less than a week before the compliance deadline for the final omnibus rule issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office for Civil Rights and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued model Notices of Privacy Practices for use by health care providers and health plans – covered entities under HIPAA.
According to the agencies, their intent was to create model NPPs with “plain language and approachable designs.”
