In response to the rapidly growing problem of ID theft and privacy issues, the federal government has enacted new regulations in the form of HIPAA and Red Flags Rule. All ID Medics recovery plans are designed to help meet regulatory compliance of these federal regulations, as well as each set of state regulations.

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was passed to assure privacy and security in regards to personal medical information. The Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety. For more information on HIPAA, visit the US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA website.

RED FLAGS RULE

The Red Flags Rule was recently passed into law and goes into effect December 31, 2010. This set of regulations was passed specifically to deal with the growing identity theft problem. The Red Flags Rule requires many businesses and organizations to implement a written Identity Theft Prevention Program designed to detect the warning signs – or "red flags" – of identity theft in their day-to-day operations, as well as specifying how those same businesses react if they know or even suspect that they may have experienced a breach. For details on Red Flags Rule, visit the FCC’s Red Flags Rule website.