Saturday marks the three-year anniversary of the deadline for small health plans to start providing individuals with a privacy rights notice, which is significant because health plans must remind individuals about the availability of the notice every three years.
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Download NowThe Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) required that health plans develop a notice to inform individuals about their privacy rights and the plans' use and disclosure of health information.
Large health plans were required to start providing the notice by April 14, 2003 and send reminders about the availability of the notice at least once every three years. Small health plans had until April 14, 2004 to start providing the notice but must also send reminders at least once every three years.
A small health plan is defined as a plan with annual receipts of $5 million or less.
You can find out more about the notice in this federal government guidance document.